May 21, 2008 3:13PM 

# The D.C. Gun Ban Works Soooo Well … 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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… that D.C. police have to carry around [increasingly more-powerful firearms](http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml/~3/292029088/AR2008051603682.html) while walking the beat.

June 30 [can’t come soon enough](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9285).

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