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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for clarifying this. I dug in and the DC AG Racine opposes USAO handling gun crimes for both home rule arguments and that federal law contravenes Racine's reform approach. Probably another discussion for another thread, but it appears that Racine and Allen are quite aligned in their viewpoints. And yes, if the USAO is prosecuting gun charges they need to work closely with the city and the police gathering evidence and not plead them down as much as they have been. Not sure, given the below, that would be Racine's 'take'. According to the below, he has even filed to urge dismissal of two felon-in-possession cases by the USAO based on his judicial reform viewpoint.
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I am not sure why you have chosen this hill to die on rather than to just accept that you were wrong to jump on the AG and a Council member when jurisdiction for this shooting (which now doesn't need to be prosecuted in any case) lies with the USAO. I really hate when posters act as you are and endlessly muddy the waters with irrelevant information rather than just moving on. Here is what you apparently missed:

1) regardless of the AG's preferences for future authority, currently jurisdiction for felony gun crimes by adults lies with the USAO. Therefore, you had no reason to attack the AG and a CM.

2) the press statement by the AG referenced felon-in-possession cases, not shootings. So, your entire post was irrelevant to yesterday's violence. Given that we currently have no information that the shooter was a felon and that he committed crimes far and beyond such a violation, you may have well as been discussing Racine's attitude toward jaywalking.

If you are concerned about the prosecution of gun crimes by adults in DC, you need to direct your attention to the USAO. You were wrong to immediately jump on the AG and a CM. You apparently have a difficult time with having been wrong, but it's time for you to move on.
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hill to die on... interesting choice of words. I am fine with my views that DC has a weird dysfunction towards gun crime, having struggled for so long to keep legal gun ownership out of the District yet our AGs views towards gun possessionby felons no less speak for themself. If you don't see how that ties in to people's inevitable questions about gun possession, laws and attitudes that arise after crimes like this, and rising violent crime in the District, OK. I respect the very specific points you made as well. Moving on, happily and alive.[/quote]

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