WTOP: DC mayor, faith leaders meet to combat gun violence, hate crimes
With the city’s homicide rate rising sharply D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser will meet at midday with faith leaders to discuss strategies for reducing violence and hate crimes.
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WUSA9: ATF enters DC gun war – with a plan to bring down murder spike
The strategy ATF now uses to decrease violence in the District revolves around an intelligence backbone – a database exclusively operated and maintained by the agency.
jonetta rose barras: Why don’t DC officials already know the cause of gun violence?
I asked myself that question when DC Council Chairman Pro Tempore Kenyan McDuffie and eight of his colleagues introduced the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention Research Establishment Act of 2019. Were they suffering group confusion or…
Amid upswing in gun violence, McDuffie proposes a center for firearm research in DC
Can research play a major part in gun violence prevention? One DC Council member aims to find out with his latest bill.
Ward 5’s Kenyan McDuffie, who chairs the Committee on Business and Economic Development, has introduced legislation…
Nationwide campaign to #EndGunViolenceTogether spreads message to DC with two new murals
When the architects of a nationwide anti-gun violence campaign deliver some 720,000 postcards to Capitol Hill on Tuesday morning urging universal background checks for gun buyers, it will mark the culmination of a monthslong effort that…
Washington Post: It began as a D.C. fender bender and escalated into a shooting that wounded 5
All afternoon, Diane Offutt sat in Courtroom C-10 of D.C. Superior Court, where newly charged defendants are processed into the system and a judge decides about bail. Thursday was like most afternoons in C-10, with dozens of handcuffed…
James Zeigler: Bowser’s partnership with feds on gun crime undermines home rule and will hurt DC
Mayor Muriel Bowser recently announced she will be partnering with federal prosecutors and law enforcement to aggressively pursue longer sentences, including harsher mandatory minimum sentences, for those charged with gun possession…
WTOP: DC leans on FBI, ATF to curb city’s rising murder rate
WASHINGTON — D.C. and federal authorities are cracking down on armed felons in an attempt to bring down the District’s rising homicide rate.
Washington Post: The federal government isn’t funding gun-violence research. Should the District?
D.C. lawmakers are proposing a new center to study gun violence, a move that would place the District in the vanguard of local governments seeking to fund research that gun-safety advocates say has been neglected by federal officials.
Washington Post: D.C. mayor: Taking local gun cases to federal court sends message that ‘violence…
D.C. police and federal agents will work closely together this year in a crackdown on convicted felons illegally carrying guns in the city, a law enforcement strategy prompted by a steep increase in homicides in 2018, officials said…
DCist: In Effort To Stem Spike In Homicides, D.C. Is Shifting Some Gun Charges To Federal Court
Facing a 40 percent homicide spike in the District last year and a violent 2019 so far, city officials are identifying a chokepoint for policy change: previously convicted felons who continue to possess guns.
Mayor Bowser, U.S. Attorney Liu Reaffirm Partnership to Hold Convicted Felons Accountable for…
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Mayor Bowser, U.S. Attorney Liu Reaffirm Partnership to Hold Convicted Felons Accountable for Possessing Illegal Firearms
Expanded Partnership Will…
Fox 5: FBI launches new effort to help combat crime in DC
WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - The FBI is launching a new initiative to help drive down violent crime in the District, targeting repeat offenders arrested with guns.
Mayor Bowser’s Statement Urging Congress to Answer the Call of Americans Nationwide by Passing…
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Mayor Bowser’s Statement Urging Congress to Answer the Call of Americans Nationwide by Passing Common-Sense Gun Control
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Washington Post: U.S. to push D.C. gun cases into federal court as Washington struggles with 40…
Scores of D.C. defendants will be prosecuted for federal gun crimes rather than local charges in the next year as part of a citywide crackdown on convicted felons caught illegally possessing a firearm and repeat violent offenders, four…
WUSA9: DC saw more than half the murders NYC saw in 2018
DC Police Chief Peter Newsham plans to announce even more crime prevention measures as the homicide wave from last year pushes into 2019.
Washington Post: He put 224 guns on the streets. His family would pay a price.
They called him “The Plug,” slang for drug slinger, and authorities said he kept a gun tucked at his side, boasting he was “always ready to shoot.”
CNN: Three years after DC holdup, victims still suffer while unlicensed gun dealer is free
(CNN)The compact black pistol was tucked into the right side of Marcus Terrell Bryant's waistband when he casually strolled into a street corner MetroPCS in November 2015 in the District of Columbia.
Phil Mendelson in The Post: D.C. police need help in combating gun use
Last year, homicides in the District were up 38 percent. There were 160, compared with fewer than 90 in 2012. Yet violent crime overall has been declining year after year. Last year, assault with a dangerous weapon was down 10 percent. The…
City Paper: As Homicides Continue to Rise in D.C., Parents of Gun Violence Victims Reflect on Their…
Are you still a mother if your child passes away? What if you lose a child and just so happen to be engaged in a casual conversation with a stranger who offhandedly asks, “So, how many children do you have?” How do you answer that? In the…