Posted on 03/25/2008 3:40:01 AM PDT by raybbr
WASHINGTON -- A crackdown on guns is meeting some resistance in the District.
Police are asking residents to submit to voluntary searches in exchange for amnesty under the District's gun ban. They passed out fliers requesting cooperation on Monday.
The program will begin in a couple of weeks in the Washington Highlands neighborhood of southeast Washington and will later expand to other neighborhoods. Officers will go door to door asking residents for permission to search their homes.
Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier said the "safe homes initiative" is aimed at residents who want to cooperate with police. She gave the example of parents or grandparents who know or suspect their children have guns in the home.
Community leaders went door to door in Ward 8 Monday to advise residents not to invite police into their homes to search for weapons.
"Bad idea," said D.C. School Board member William Lockridge. "I think the people should not open your doors under any circumstances, don't even crack your door, unless someone has a warrant for your arrest."
Ron Hampton, of the Black Police Officers Association, said he doesn't expect many in the community to comply.
"This is one of those communities where the police even have problems getting information about crimes that are going on in the community, so to suggest, now, that the police have enough community capital in their hand that the community is going to cooperate with them, I'm not so sure that's a good idea," Hampton said.
If weapons are recovered, they will be tested and destroyed if they are not found to be linked to any other crimes.
A police spokeswoman said that if evidence of other crimes is found during voluntary searches, amnesty will be granted for that crime as well.
"Chief Lanier has been clear," Traci Hughes said. "Amnesty means amnesty."
OMG.
OMG.
Help. Okay, you can have the guns. Just make it go away.
You were in law enforcement, weren’tcha. LMAO.
I think it sounds sort of like that, but not exactly.
Well waterboarding is getting so much bad press nowadays I thought I’d try plan B.........:o)
Yah, bad press, but at least it’s EPA friendly.
An no endangered species was harmed in the production of the truth ..........LOL !!
1934 Taxed full auto, but didn't otherwise restrict. 1968 was the implementation of the literal translation of the 1938 Nazi gun laws by the despicable father of the equally despicable Chris Dodd (D ct). Sullivan was only for NY and NY as we all know doesn't really deserve to be part of the USA - part of Quebec maybe. I guess I could go with 1934, but not 1881 first, since Sullivan was only for NY and second because to the best of my knowledge, Sullivan was passed in 1911.
It is the old carried by six or judged by twelve issue.
Sullivan act was more like 1910 or 1911 or so.
Oh, dude! That is just wrong. Very, very funny, but wrong. Oh, well, I needed a new monitor anyway.
Don’t buy that new monitor yet ..........:o)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dYjhFjvw5gk
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