Gun violence rose sharply in the District in 2007, with the number of homicides jumping 7 percent after several years of decline.
What happened in 2007 on the lines of gun laws? All I remember is the DC gun ban being over turned later last year. I doubt that that made much, if any, of an impact. There’s a lack of real analyis here.
Kenny - 03:03pm on 03/16/2008
I have to say that in theory I was always a gun ban proponent because I’m anti-gun and anti-violence. But, since moving to the district, I’ve been just annoyed that I can’t own one. Especially when I see that there was another home invasion or something. Not that I think owning a gun is the answer, but it doesn’t make sense that law-abiding people can’t own them. Oh, and to the DC versus MD/VA thing--many of the criminals who come into the district and commit crimes are from those areas.
Christine - 03:03pm on 03/18/2008
The “reality based community” has some explaining to do.
likwidshoe - 04:03pm on 03/18/2008
Oh, and to the DC versus MD/VA thing--many of the criminals who come into the district and commit crimes are from those areas.
Wonder why they’d choose the district over MD or VA?
What happened in 2007 on the lines of gun laws? All I remember is the DC gun ban being over turned later last year. I doubt that that made much, if any, of an impact. There’s a lack of real analyis here.
I have to say that in theory I was always a gun ban proponent because I’m anti-gun and anti-violence. But, since moving to the district, I’ve been just annoyed that I can’t own one. Especially when I see that there was another home invasion or something. Not that I think owning a gun is the answer, but it doesn’t make sense that law-abiding people can’t own them. Oh, and to the DC versus MD/VA thing--many of the criminals who come into the district and commit crimes are from those areas.
The “reality based community” has some explaining to do.
Wonder why they’d choose the district over MD or VA?
Can you say “gun free zone?”