May 20, 2008 3:14PM 

# DC Government 

By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) 

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DC Police Chief rehires [bad apples](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/19/AR2008051902297.html?nav=emailpage) and gives them [semiautomatic rifles](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051603682.html?nav=emailpage).

The bad apples will now help to investigate and arrest any resident who keeps a gun in his/​her home for purposes of [self-defense](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9285). Great.

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[Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) 

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