States Control: Washington DC

Searching private homes for guns proposed in D.C.

The District of Columbia police department is preparing to launch a massive new home-by-home search program to confiscate and destroy handguns, despite arguments pending before the U.S. Supreme Court that challenges the constitutionality of its ban on residents having such weapons.
Source: WorldNetDaily, March 13, 2008

Police surveillance in the nation’s capital

The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the Washington Metropolitan Police Department plans to monitor people through hundreds of cameras on streets, in subway stations, and possibly in shopping malls and other businesses.
Source: reasonline, February 15, 2002

Jail threat for MMR refusniks

A US city has introduced an initiative to force parents to vaccinate their children with the controversial MMR vaccine or go to jail.
Source: BBC (online), 14 February 2002

Washington Plans Unprecedented Camera Network

Washington police are building what will be the nation’s biggest network of surveillance cameras to monitor shopping areas, streets, monuments and other public places in the U.S. capital, a move that worries civil liberties groups, The Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday.
Source: Reuters.com, February 13, 2002