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To: tejek who wrote (334600)4/21/2007 8:57:34 PM
From: steve harris  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572557
 
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D.C. has suffered under a gun ban for 30 years now. Because of it, crime in the District has flourished, with rates of murder and other violent crimes skyrocketing, and the District competing annually with New York City, Chicago and other cities which also have gun bans for the murder and violent crime capital of the world, a title which seems to be awarded — by the Department of Justice! — only to cities whose citizens are prevented from defending themselves from violent criminals.

The places where people can carry guns openly, or carry concealed, such as Texas and Florida, have seen dramatic drops in violent crime since these measures went into effect and honest citizens could defend themselves, as they are supposed to.