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Bruh...
No one is searching people as they pull into DC...
If they're bringing guns to overthrow the government, no one is going to know until they pull them out.
Whether that's a rifle from a truck or a pistol from their pants, it doesn't matter if it's legal or not when as soon as it comes out they're trying to overthrowing the government
Hmm .. all of DC? Would locking down the Capitol Area (the small set of blocks that cover the locations of both Houses of Congress, the Supreme Court, and the White House) be sufficient?
They actually do:
https://www.npr.org/2018/10/24/659980871/d-c-s-aggressive-confiscation-of-illegal-guns-leaves-residents-feeling-targeted
That's cops doing "stop and frisk" in high crime areas...
That's not them pulling over vehicles at the border and searching...
I think I see what you're saying. There's a difference between checking lots of cars in random checks, versus checking every single car that enters and leaves DC at the border areas (it borders Maryland and Virginia for those who don't know).
A border on all of DC is going to be tough to enforce because of the high level of integration with nearby cities in the two states that it borders - it'd be more practical to set up border checks on the entire greater DC metro area, but you'd have to secure the cooperation of two different State governors to do that.
"frequently stop pedestrians and pull cars over, searching for illegal guns."