Well, they did. In the article, it mentions that the Washington DC ban had the effect of making it the murder capitol of the US as well as the political capitol.
Yep. They did. And I don't bother watching the other news channels to see how they are treating this story. Now if only those 5 elected officials would really get serious about the public safety and ban jewelry--as the Statistical Abstract of the US states unequivocally that 65,000 people in 1990 were injured while associating w/jewelry. Unfortunately, the Abstract fails to say whether diamond solitaires are more nefarious than say, artificial rubies or freshwater pearls.
If those 5 would only see the wisdom in thumping the Abstract and banning jewelry, imagine the money that would be saved on medical costs alone.