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https://wtop.com/dc/2021/07/gunfire-injures-4-people-in-southeast-dc/[/quote]

Since you are so “concerned” I hope you are pushing hard for: 
Comprehensive background checks for private sales in DC, MD, VA. 
Strict licensing & audits for gun dealers in DC, MD, VA. 
Enforce lost & stolen gun reporting laws in DC, MD, VA. 
Firearm registration in DC, MD, VA. 
Permit to purchase in DC, MD, VA. 
Gun buyback programs in DC, MD, VA.

In addition to revitalizing & rebuilding communities - education, jobs, healthcare, support for at-risk youth, etc.

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DP. Stop being ridiculous. Who wouldn’t be concerned by increased gun violence? If you’re not, I’d love for you to explain your reasoning. [/quote]

“Increased”? Are you new to DC?

I am concerned about decades of gun violence and I do push for common sense gun laws. You support those, right? 
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“Common sense.”  Another marketing label for punishing decent people because criminals misuse firearms, just like they misuse vehicles, baggies, scales and all sorts of other things. Do you have any idea how many gun laws DC already has?  Why should people outside DC (or even decent people inside DC) be penalized, impeded n the exercise of an enumerated civil right, and deprived of their choice of recreation and an efficacious means of self defense because criminals in DC won’t obey the law and DC won’t use the tools it has available, including federal “exile” programs for felons who unlawfully possess firearms?  When has “registration” (already required in DC) ever solved a crime?  When did purchase permits (already required in MD and DC) ever stop criminals from getting guns. Tons of illegally manufactured, illegally imported, illegally possessed and illegally sold drugs pass through DC streets every year. How has that prohibition worked out?[/quote]

You aren’t losing any rights going through a background check. GMAFB. 
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No, you GMAFB. DC law ALREADY prohibits private sales, already requires background checks, and already requires registration.  Have you even tried to find that out before running your (figurative) yap about something you know nothing about?

How many prohibited persons has DC caught in the last five years via background check unlawfully attempting to buy firearms?  How many have been prosecuted?  How many went away federally for the potential ten years?

Obviously not enough. [/quote]

So then you aren’t impacted. Why are you complaining?

Here is what I’d like to see to bring down gun violence in the DC area. 
Comprehensive background checks for private sales in DC, MD, VA. 
Strict licensing & audits for gun dealers in DC, MD, VA. 
Enforce lost & stolen gun reporting laws in DC, MD, VA. 
Firearm registration in DC, MD, VA. 
Permit to purchase in DC, MD, VA. 
Gun buyback programs in DC, MD, VA.

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DP. What you don’t understand is that most of the violent criminals are already using illegal guns. The gun control laws aren’t stopping them from their violent criminal behavior. [/quote]

So make them more difficult for criminals to acquire.

Give LEO tools to trace and crack down on sources. 
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