Mass shooting on U Street

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What utter garbage politicians. We need gun control and cracking down on crime.

DC has among the tightest gun control in the country. Making it tighter would not prevent criminals to break the law in obtaining them and then breaking the law in using them on the open streets.

There was a heave police presence. Having more police would not have prevented what happened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What utter garbage politicians. We need gun control and cracking down on crime.

DC has among the tightest gun control in the country. Making it tighter would not prevent criminals to break the law in obtaining them and then breaking the law in using them on the open streets.

There was a heave police presence. Having more police would not have prevented what happened.

DC has tight gun laws but very loose crime laws/enforcement.

Don't be disingenuous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What utter garbage politicians. We need gun control and cracking down on crime.

DC has among the tightest gun control in the country. Making it tighter would not prevent criminals to break the law in obtaining them and then breaking the law in using them on the open streets.

There was a heave police presence. Having more police would not have prevented what happened.

DC has tight gun laws but very loose crime laws/enforcement.

Don't be disingenuous.

There are twice as many guns in Virginia as in DC and Maryland. Yet, Maryland has twice the crime of Virginia. DC has 5 times the crime of Virginia. Neighboring Fairfax CO has half the crime of MoCo and 1/10 the crime of DC. It's almost as if there is some other factor causing the crime. Hmmm.... what could it be. We may never know the answer to these complex, complex questions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Guns are banned in dc. Even if guns were federally banned accross the country, these incidents would still occur. And even if it wasn’t a gun they would use a knife to work out their street beefs

The DC gun ban law was ruled unconstitutional years ago. You can have guns they just must be registered. NOT that criminals follow the law at all.

[Anonymous]

DC’s gun laws don’t help when other states don’t have gun safety laws. Chicago has the same problem with neighboring Indiana. We need FEDERAL laws.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC’s gun laws don’t help when other states don’t have gun safety laws. Chicago has the same problem with neighboring Indiana. We need FEDERAL laws.

There are twice as many guns in Virginia as in DC and Maryland. Yet, Maryland has twice the crime of Virginia. DC has 5 times the crime of Virginia. Neighboring Fairfax CO has half the crime of MoCo and 1/10 the crime of DC. It's almost as if there is some other factor causing the crime. Hmmm.... what could it be. We may never know the answer to these complex, complex questions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Guns are banned in dc. Even if guns were federally banned accross the country, these incidents would still occur. And even if it wasn’t a gun they would use a knife to work out their street beefs

The DC gun ban law was ruled unconstitutional years ago. You can have guns they just must be registered. NOT that criminals follow the law at all.

And Virginia has very loose gun laws.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC’s gun laws don’t help when other states don’t have gun safety laws. Chicago has the same problem with neighboring Indiana. We need FEDERAL laws.

There are twice as many guns in Virginia as in DC and Maryland. Yet, Maryland has twice the crime of Virginia. DC has 5 times the crime of Virginia. Neighboring Fairfax CO has half the crime of MoCo and 1/10 the crime of DC. It's almost as if there is some other factor causing the crime. Hmmm.... what could it be. We may never know the answer to these complex, complex questions.

It's very disingenuous for DC residents to complain about loose gun laws when they don't prosecute the criminals for any crimes. What's the point of confiscating guns when you just release the dangerous criminals and tell them violence isn't their fault?

[Anonymous]

MOCO/DC/NOVA are such ridiculously artificial terms. I don’t care where you technically live, if you are in or close in, you are affected by the violence in DC . Criminals don’t care where the gun laws are strictest. This only gets fixed by national gun control.

Parts of DC are becoming war zones again, just like they were in the 80s/90s. And people are just content to sit back and watch the show. The isn’t the mayor’s fault. Blame the GOP and their NRA blood money. I guess you’ll care when your property values plummet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was the go go truck such a shame - I love those guys, just pure joy dancing.

DCs official music? I am not slamming gogo but, you would be foolish to not think that some of the audience it attracts might not have prior beefs. Same with 'community street festivals'/ These all require enhanced security. Sad.

WTF!
I love go-go, I’m a 50 yr old woman so that somehow makes me a would be criminal? You are disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Blame the GOP and their NRA blood money.

News flash - We did not attend this event yesterday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blame the GOP and their NRA blood money.

News flash - We did not attend this event yesterday.

Yes you did. You just weren’t there in person. Your guns were most definitely there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Guns are banned in dc. Even if guns were federally banned accross the country, these incidents would still occur. And even if it wasn’t a gun they would use a knife to work out their street beefs

Right. There are different types of violence, and they need different types of solutions. Gun safety laws help with domestic violence, suicide, and mass shootings, but since the overwhelming majority of guns used in community (street) violence are illegal, more laws don't help. What is proven to help is focused deterrence, a combination of prevalent law enforcement presence, known consequences for illegal possession/use, and wrap-around community/health/social service supports to help people disengage from violent lifestyles. That means police, prosecutors, and health services agencies have to work together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Guns are banned in dc. Even if guns were federally banned accross the country, these incidents would still occur. And even if it wasn’t a gun they would use a knife to work out their street beefs

Right. There are different types of violence, and they need different types of solutions. Gun safety laws help with domestic violence, suicide, and mass shootings, but since the overwhelming majority of guns used in community (street) violence are illegal, more laws don't help. What is proven to help is focused deterrence, a combination of prevalent law enforcement presence, known consequences for illegal possession/use, and wrap-around community/health/social service supports to help people disengage from violent lifestyles. That means police, prosecutors, and health services agencies have to work together.

+100000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MOCO/DC/NOVA are such ridiculously artificial terms. I don’t care where you technically live, if you are in or close in, you are affected by the violence in DC . Criminals don’t care where the gun laws are strictest. This only gets fixed by national gun control.

Parts of DC are becoming war zones again, just like they were in the 80s/90s. And people are just content to sit back and watch the show. The isn’t the mayor’s fault. Blame the GOP and their NRA blood money. I guess you’ll care when your property values plummet.

If you think national gun laws would reduce violent crime in the district, you are naive. Just go look at the “rapper” involved in the Tyson’s altercation. They glorify violence against the “ops” because they think it’s cool and some messed up perception of pride. If it wasn’t guns, they would use knives or blunt instruments to carry out the glorification of violence.

A little girl who went to my daughter’s school was killed by a stray bullet while eating dinner in her own home. That mother lost her baby. Would this have happened with a proliferation of “knife violence?”