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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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 [/quote]

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. [/quote]

And Virginia has very loose gun laws. [/quote]

And the astronomical crime rate in Virginia reflects that, too! There was a shooting at the Rolex store in Tyson’s mall on Saturday FFS! VA has FAR more shootings and murders than DC. [/quote]

There was a gun discharged at Tysons on Saturday by a DC criminal, but a murder on U Street with several others wounded over the weekend.  NoVa is far safer than DC.   [/quote]

Virginia lets anyone buy and carry a gun. It is NOT safer than DC and the statistics plainly show that. There are far more shootings in Virginia than DC. Look it up. [/quote]

I looked at the CDC to compare gun death statistics in the state of Virginia and DC. But DC was not listed.  Fifty states only.[/quote]

Virginia’s are far higher. That’s all you need to know. [/quote]

According to John's Hopkins:

Firearm homicide rate in DC; 16 per 100,000
In Virginia, 4 per 100,000, with Arlington, Fairfax, and Alexandria having the lowest rate
In Maryland, 8 per 100,000 with Montgomery being the lowest

https://efsgv.org/state-by-state/[/quote]

DC is not a state; it's a city. Apples/oranges.[/quote]

If you want to compare cities, then DC has fewer gun homicides than St Louis, Baltimore, or Richmond.

https://efsgv.org/learn/type-of-gun-violence/community-gun-violence/

Does that make you feel better?  Is that the best that we can do?[/quote]

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