What If They Had a Gun Registry...
Bilerico Jul 18 08
And nobody came? This was apparently the case with the D.C. gun registry, following the Supreme Court decision.
With the ban lifted after a momentous, years-long legal battle that led to the landmark high court decision last month, here's how many applications the city received by day's end: one.
Bracing for a crowd at the registration office, at police headquarters on Indiana Avenue NW, officials set up a reception counter in the lobby and used portable metal railings to reserve one of the building's entrances for "gun registry applicants." Officers stood guard at the door, and a dozen reporters and TV cameras were waiting expectantly at 7 a. Full story...
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