# @newsnation on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=vg0S1sfc2Io
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- **Posted:** 2023-08-07T23:16:58.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NewsNation (@newsnation) — https://gondola.cc/newsnation

## Caption

Crime is up 12% in major U.S. cities, continuing a new debate over gun control. Americans in cities like Gun Barrel City, Texas, are encouraged to bear arms, but would a law like that reduce crime across the country?

Gun Barrel City is home to about 6,500 people and its slogan is “We shoot straight with you.” The town, about 1 hour away from Dallas, is one of five towns across the U.S. that have ordinances or resolutions encouraging gun ownership — Kennesaw, Georgia, Nelson, Georgia, Nucla, Colorado, and Virgin, Utah all passed such ordinances at least a decade ago.

Read the full story: https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/southwest/can-every-citizen-owning-a-gun-reduce-crime-in-a-community/

#Guns #Texas #GunBarrelCity #Firearms #Crime #CrimeRates

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- **Views:** 64
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## Tags

gunbarrelcity, texas, guns, vargasreports, crime, firearms, crimerates

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