Community gun politics (generally lower levels of civil government, such as a village, borough, town, city, or county) generally do not address standing armies, but may have political issues over the use of guns by paramilitary and police forces, as well as civil militias. They may also place rights, restrictions, and responsibilities on their civil populations separate from their state or nation. They may even have standards regarding products that are not guns but related to them, such as ammunition and accessories, or are similar to guns or depict gun violence, such as replicas, toys or games. As an example of local gun politics, in March 1982, Kennesaw, Georgia passed a law making it a requirement for all eligible residents to own a gun. Note the town council needed to ensure its local ordinance complied with other potentially conflicting political domains ("With exceptions duly made for convicted felons, the disabled, and those with religious objections..."). A local police program for gangs to turn in weapons is another example of gun politics at the community level.
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—Tennessee Claflin (1846–1923)
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