Maybe they could do both, and make police a special, exempted class just to rub in. 
These idiots with their urban moron mentality really have no imagination ... all they can think of to do is ban things and ask for more cops. You should have seen the whinging leftist female that was agitating for the ski-mask ban ... real parody material.
Despite "Heller", DC still has draconian gun restrictions ... I bet they could see some real progress in crime reduction by allowing the honest citizens to arm themselves.
But DCMPD, City Council, and the local Leftist Big Media are all ball-less whining idiots, and won't go for it.
Maybe they could do both, and make police a special, exempted class just to rub in.