DC police dealt thousands of guns; ATF demands answers after concerning number found at crime scenes
For at least seven months in 2020 and 2021, the D.C. area’s largest police department was the only legal gun dealer in the nation’s capital. It was the only place D.C. residents could legally get a handgun. That much was reported at the time, but now the News4 I-Team has the federal documents...
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It was never a good idea having MPD be the city's sole FFL but I'm not sure they had a way around it.