Originally Posted by Herodotus

I live in DC; I've seen muggings right in front of me (well across the street), I caught someone trying to break into my building (though he ran away and didn't shoot me), and the local crime blotters are filled with street crimes of people being robbed at gunpoint up and down my local area...and I live in a good part of town.

The gun ban doesn't work, it does nothing to stop street crime, only making private citizens powerless. I would like to see a repeal of the gun ban and hopefully a right for citizens to carry concealed weapons (though I doubt this latter will happen). At the very least with a repeal it will give many citizens a sense of protection to have a handgun nearby.