Regardless of how the Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of Washington, D.C.’s handgun ban, four local law enforcement officials do not think gun bans deter crime.
“I think it’s absolutely insane to think that we can take away a citizen’s right to (have guns) and that is somehow going to make this country a safer place to live,” said Martinsville Police Chief Mike Rogers. “We live in a very violent society with a lot of mean and crazy people who don’t mind robbing and killing people, whether it’s with their hands, a gun, a knife or a baseball bat.”
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