I get the above definition of ipso jure from A.W.A.D.

Their definition strikes me as very useful for libertarians, an adverb for distinguishing justice from statute law, e.g., “If you ever had intercourse with your teenage girlfriend back in high school, then ipso jure you are a rapist.”

Or, “If you have ever taken nude, outdoor photographs of your children, you are ipso jure a child pornographer.” And yes, I really did hear about a case like this. The mother was reported to the police by someone who worked at a one-hour photo lab.

Or here’s my favorite (again based on an actual case): a girl was convicted of being an accessory to rape for consenting to sex with her boyfriend. He was the ipso jure rapist, and since she helped him, she was the ipso jure accessory.

Unfortunately, A.W.A.D’s useful-to-libertarians definition is at odds with Wikipedia:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipso_jure

Via Liberator Online:

Kennesaw Anniversary: Guns Prevent Crime

Kennesaw, Georgia is celebrating the 25th anniversary of a law often cited as proof of the idea that gun ownership prevents crime.

On May 1, 1982, the Kennesaw city council made headlines around the world when it ordered “every head of household to maintain a firearm together with ammunition.” (Exceptions were written so broadly as to allow anyone to opt out, and there is no penalty for failure to comply.)

The law was in part a reaction to an anti-gun ordinance passed at the time in Morton Grove, Illinois, which prohibited the ownership of handguns.

Some opponents predicted a bloodbath. Yet crime (which was already low) dropped immediately in Kennesaw, while in Morton Grove it did not.

Further, the drop has continued, even though during the past 25 years Kennesaw has grown from a sleepy small town of about 5,000 to a booming high-traffic Atlanta suburb of 30,000-plus residents.

As the Kennesaw Historical Society notes: “Since passage of the law, the burglary rate in Kennesaw has gone down significantly — making it one of the safest cities of its size in the United States — while the rate in Morton Grove has gone up.”

Handguns are still banned in Morton Grove. Some people, it seems, learn faster than others.

(Source: USA Today)