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

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

You Don’t Say: Government Study Finds Gang Members With Previous Arrests Commit Most Gun Crimes in Washington, DC

We know that the sun rises in the east and water is wet. Somehow we discovered these facts without the benefit of expensive government-funded studies. The latest revelation: gang members, not guns, commit most of the crime in America’s cities. Why, it’s almost like we’ve covered this at TTAG before. Unfortunately, some the smartest people … Read more

District of Columbia Sues Polymer80 For Selling ‘Ghost Gun’ Parts to DC Residents

The District says citizens can’t build their own guns or possess firearms (they’ve built) without serial numbers. The attorney general of the District on Wednesday filed suit against one of the largest makers of parts for “ghost guns,” which when assembled have no serial number and cannot be traced. The suit claims that the guns … Read more

Ammo Again, Off Again, and the DC Police are Doing Firearm Transfers [VIDEO]

  This is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal and legislative news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights. For a deeper dive into the topics discussed here, check out this week in gun rights at FPC.  Judge Blocks California Ammo Restriction Law, Ninth Circuit Reinstates It Finally, some good news from California. On Thursday last … Read more