I just got back from Washington DC, the capital of the United States of America, which in my opinion should be the safest and most secure place on the planet. I did not feel that way...to be more exact I felt the least safe and secure I had ever felt in my entire life. If you've never been there it will absolutley blow your mind how dangerous it is, the things that get reported on the local news there at night are down right scary, ever more scary that for some reason the national media does not cover it...
Basically Washington DC is not safe to walk around by yourself during the day, but ESPECIALLY at night, even on the same street with all the federal buildings and monuments people are getting mugged and killed...
I am so disappointed in Washington DC.
Would it be legal for basically kick out all the civilians and treat it as a Military Facility in order to return control of DC back to the Fed Govt and not have the streets run by crime?
2007-07-23 15:12:43 · 5 answers · asked by undefeatedchessgod 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I don't think the local or the federal govt would touch that idea with a 10 foot pole. Can you imagine the riots that would cause. DC is not THAT unsafe as long as you stay out of the obvious crime/poverty areas. Where there is poverty you will always find crime, and not because poor people are bad people, but poor people are sometimes desperate for money to feed their families or feed themselves, and desperate times call for desperate measures. Imagine if you were starving and had nowhere safe to live...to what extremes would you go to in order to ensure your own survival?
2007-07-23 15:16:10 · answer #1 · answered by Colbert Nation 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It would theoretically be legal, because DC is federal property owned by the federal govt -- and they could treat it as such.
They could not deny access by the public to public govt functions -- part of the 1st Amendment right to petition the govt for a redress of grievances.
But they could expel all residents (under the Takings clause, paying fair market value). And treat it otherwise as a military reservation. See Article I, describing Congressional authority with regard to federal property.
2007-07-23 15:39:38 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Living in Northern VA I've been to D.C. several times for visits, mostly showing relatives around and I've never seen any crime. Of course thats just around the monuments and museums though. I dont live there so I can't say how bad it is, but all cities have crime. Sounds like you live in a really protected place or just had a bad experience.
2007-07-23 15:19:05 · answer #3 · answered by Hjaduk 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do you really want your government, supposedly of the people, by the people and for the people, to be off limits to the average citizen? That is ridiculous. That is regressing back to the days when royalty holed up in castles and let the peons fend for themselves.
Part of what keeps the politicians SOMEWHAT in check is the fear of the people. Now, put them in a hardened compound, protected by the military. What is to stop them from doing what they want?
No, we should all have access to the halls of our government.
I cannot believe some of the questions on here. How can FREE people want to militarize our borders and make our government off limits to the people?
2007-07-23 16:08:04 · answer #4 · answered by hannibal61577 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I lived there two years in the early 90s when it was teh murder capital of the world and I felt safe. If you do not feel safe now, you either lack courage or city smarts.
To answer your question, no they could not do what you suggest. It smacks of a Htiler type move to gain power.
2007-07-23 15:17:55 · answer #5 · answered by Tom Sh*t 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋