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Do strict gun laws reduce violent crime?
WASHINGTON — On Sept. 24, 1976, one of the toughest gun laws in the nation took effect in the District of Columbia, essentially outlawing the private ownership of new handguns in a city struggling with violence.
Over the next few weeks, a man with a .32-caliber pistol held up workers at a downtown federal office at midday, a cabdriver was shot in the head and a senator was mugged by three youths — one carrying a revolver — near the U.S. Capitol.
Since the ban was passed, more than 8,400 people have been murdered in the district, many killed by handguns. Nearly 80 percent of the 181 murders in 2007 were committed with guns.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004283912_gunban15.html
WASHINGTON — On Sept. 24, 1976, one of the toughest gun laws in the nation took effect in the District of Columbia, essentially outlawing the private ownership of new handguns in a city struggling with violence.
Over the next few weeks, a man with a .32-caliber pistol held up workers at a downtown federal office at midday, a cabdriver was shot in the head and a senator was mugged by three youths — one carrying a revolver — near the U.S. Capitol.
Since the ban was passed, more than 8,400 people have been murdered in the district, many killed by handguns. Nearly 80 percent of the 181 murders in 2007 were committed with guns.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004283912_gunban15.html