Do prohibitive gun laws work to reduce crime? The answer from Washington, D.C., is a resounding "no."
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Saturday, June 21, 2003
According to recently released FBI statistics, Washington, D.C., has once again reclaimed the title of "murder capital" of the United States. Despite having some of the most restrictive gun laws in the country (handguns have been banned since 1977), violent crime remains an ongoing and gravely serious problem in our nation`s capital. Being declared the murder capital is not a new phenomenon for the city. For several years in the 1980s and 1990s, the District held this notorious distinction despite the existence of the gun ban.
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