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Crackdown On Guns Under Way In D.C. (Unmitigated gall alert)
NBC4 ^ | March 24, 2008 | NBC4
WASHINGTON -- A crackdown on guns is under way in the District. Police are asking residents to submit to voluntary searches in exchange for amnesty under the District's gun ban.
The program is starting in the Washington Highlands neighborhood of Southeast Washington on Monday 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.
If weapons are recovered, they will be tested and destroyed if they are not found to be linked to any other crimes.
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