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Which is funny, since while the District of Columbia has had among the most restrictive gun control laws in the country, it has also had some of the highest crime rates in the country to go along with them.
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For the simple fact that only the law-abiding respect gun control laws. Criminals couldn't give a flip about one since....well....they're criminals. They break laws, and exactly how is this law supposed to lessen gun violence?
And you can't say that "it reduces the supply of illegal arms". The black market is chock full of guns and other illegal crap. And it's no trouble for most criminals to get a gun that way. And if they can't, then they'll just get whatever they can find to use in commission of a crime: baseball bats, lead pipes, knives, stun guns, etc,.
Since the law-abiding can't protect themselves from criminals without being dragged into jail, it's no wonder areas with strict gun control laws end up with the highest crime rates.
Jam it back in, in the dark.