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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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.

[b]Parts of DC are becoming war zones again, just like they were in the 80s/90s[/b].  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. [/quote]

Are you saying that it's the guns from VA that are to blame for this? Since nothing has changed in VA gun ownership over the last few years, something else must have changed that caused crime in DC to rise[/quote]

A few things:

a HUGE number of legal gun sales when the pandemic started, many to people who have never owned guns.  And they didn't always store them appropriately -- firearm theft has increased.

Ghost guns.  You can go buy 80% glocks at any gun show in Virginia, no questions asked.

Social media is escalating neighborhood beefs (with school aged kids as well).  What used to die down overnight now gets inflamed and stays constant over social media.

Decriminalization of marijuana.  More people are smoking now, so the markets are bigger -- both legal markets and illegal markets.   The illegal market has grown because it's cheaper and more potent than what is regulated.  And accessible to those under 21.  Almost all drug-deal related homicides involve marijuana.

And most controversial, but likely will hold up as studied, the Minneapolis effect.   In jurisdictions where there has been a large push to de-police since George Floyd, violence is up.

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