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Legal guns in DC
Story here. After a year of legal registration, none of the firearms has been used in a criminal offense and, for that matter, none in a self defense incident.
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Not reported as having been used in a self-defense incident.
Lots of gun-crime in and around DC. No telling from the data available how often guns are used in self-defense. Few are stupid enough to walk into that trap; of those who might have, they would have been labeled as criminals. Better to go looking for data of the # of people accused of gun-related crimes that protest that they only used the gun in self-defense.
Posted by: dustydog at July 17, 2009 07:28 AM
What? Where is the blood running in the streets? Where are the wild west-style shootouts? Where are the incidents of hot lead slinging in the grocery store checkout line or highway on-ramps? I was promised all kinds of exciting action and the deaths of thousands of innocents once guns were made legal in D.C.! Where is the mayhem? (And by that I mean NEW mayhem caused by the legalization of guns, not the standard OLD mayhem that already existed with illegal guns).
Posted by: Bill at July 17, 2009 09:59 AM
Only 512 handguns registered after 12 months. Over 2,000 "illegal" handguns seized.
I'd like to see a full accounting all registration applications cross-indexed against all seizures.
But then, I'm a naturally suspicious kinda guy...
Posted by: Jim D. at July 17, 2009 07:53 PM
Not a big suprise really. But it is nice to see the numbers.
Posted by: Jim at July 18, 2009 10:47 AM