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Gun Control & RKBA

TeddyR

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3. DC has one of the highest

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Sat May 28, 2016, 03:13 PM

May 2016

Murder rates per capita in the US, despite the fact that law-abiding citizens were only recently permitted to own guns. DC has a criminal problem, not a firearm problem.

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Appeals court halts U.S. judge’s order banning aspect of D.C. gun enforcement [View all] SecularMotion May 2016 OP

Too cute by half. beevul May 2016 #1

Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has long genuflected to government powers: friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #2

"collaboration," except when it comes to guns. Eleanors38 May 2016 #6

DC has one of the highest TeddyR May 2016 #3

bull poo that DC disallowed guns prior to heller jimmy the one May 2016 #5

I stand corrected TeddyR May 2016 #7

Well you are probably closer to being right than wrong... Kang Colby May 2016 #8

To follow up having read your post again TeddyR Jun 2016 #9

Here's the key statistic from the factcheck article you linked to TeddyR Jun 2016 #10

I wonder how many other rights sarisataka May 2016 #4