In the District of Cloumbia, it is (or was) illegal to even possess ammunition which could possibly be used in a pistol. D.C. has some of the most stringent gun control laws in the United States. D.C.
also had perhaps the highest murder rate in the developed world: 50 per 100K (2003). And you can't blame their murderous ways on Virginia or Maryland. The murder rates in those states was not even 25% of what it was in D.C.
I think things have gotten a bit better on the corruption front since I worked in the D.C. metro area over a decade ago. But in the early 90's, the city police were a rag tag bunch of hooligans. The first year they were issued Glock 22's, an incredible number of new pistols was "lost" by the police... but they were mysteriously "found" by street criminals. The D.C. police ran protection for major East Coast drug dealers like Raphel Edmunds, and some of them had records longer than the people they were charged with locking up. Before there was Federal pressure, we used to refer to our trips into the city as
a night out in Dodge City. But I will say one thing, Georgetown was a LOT more fun back in those days. Seeing Jack Kent Cooke's gold-digging trophy wife pop her top, while riding on the hood of an XJ6 is something I'll never forget. Ah yes,
good times... good times.
Who knows what this fellow means by "gun control"? I'm not sure even he knows. But the NRA and other pro gun groups have supported "gun control", in the sense that they have supported ENFORCEMENT of existing laws... BEFORE more worthless, ignored words are put to paper. Let me ask, when was the last time anyone read a story about a major bust being conducted against the Crips, the Bloods, or one of the Hispanic gangs in SoCal? How about the Russian/Jewish mob that runs certain parts of NY now, and are known to be major players in small arms smuggling into the U.S.? How many Norinco execs went to jail for smuggling
FULL AUTO AK47's into California under the watch of Clinton/Reno?
Don't be fooled by superficial laws that are hyped by the
do good, feel good crowd. I'm more of a libertarian, so even though I don't do drugs or believe in them, I'd MUCH rather see the police spending their time on squeezing violent criminals, instead of the Cheech & Chongers among us. Too many
heads in jail, and not enough violent criminals, IMO.