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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC: “But no longer is law enforcement seeing the majority of illegal firearms coming from Virginia. Since the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives began firearms examinations in place of D.C.’s Department of Forensic Sciences 10 months ago, Geldart said, they’ve recorded a change in the source.

“Right now, primarily what we’re seeing are guns that are coming in from Georgia and North Carolina. Those are the two primary areas, and, of course, we’re working with the ATF and they’re working with the states and all of that to see how we start to curb some of that,” Geldart said.
https://wtop.com/dc/2022/01/dcs-geldart-illegal-guns-coming-into-district-from-southern-states/

Baltimore: “More than 1,000 crime guns recovered in 2019 traced back to Virginia alone. Another 2,500-plus came from other jurisdictions, including Pennsylvania, the Carolinas, Georgia, West Virginia, and even as far away as Texas.”
https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/community/iron-pipeline-gun-violence-out-of-state-traffickers/[/quote]

Effin red states. The hypocrisy of the GOP that loves to point out Democrat city crime rates while ironically, red states' inability to crack down on straw purchase trafficking contributes considerably to democratic city gun crime.[/quote]

Are you kidding ? Blame the criminal who perpetrated the violent crime, not the politics of another jurisdiction.

Unfortunately, this is similar to the deadlty drug problem; the US blames Mexico & China, while China & Mexico point out that it is US users that drive the market.[/quote]

Why can't I both be annoyed at DC for being lax on crime AND be mad at... Random red state for being lax on gun trafficking crime that also contributes to DC gun crime? [/quote]

You can be mad at both. I thought that you were just blaming states with lax gun laws. Both are at fault.[/quote]

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