Mayor Muriel Bowser Archives - The Truth About Guns

DC Police Chief Floats an Idea for Reducing Violent Crime That’s So Radical It Just Might Work

March 8, 2023 by Beth Baumann

As crime continues to skyrocket in the nation’s Capitol, Metropolitan Police Department Police Chief Robert Contee has come up with a truly radical idea for addressing the problem: stop releasing criminals back onto the streets and keep them behind bars. “What we got to do, if we really want to see homicides go down, is keep … Read more

Washington, D.C. Set to Lower Penalties for Carrying Without a Permit, Felon in Possession

November 17, 2022November 17, 2022 by Dan Zimmerman

This is apparently what happens when rabidly anti-gun blue city governments come full circle. Washington, D.C., if you’ll remember, used to ban handgun ownership, even within the owner’s home. Lawfully owned long guns were required to be stored unloaded and either disassembled or “bound by a trigger lock.” That, after all, is how we got … Read more