The fact is you're basically giving up the right to sensibly own firearms to live in one of the top five violent crime riddled cities in America. If the Smithsonian and that statue of Abe Lincoln mean that much to you more power to you, but ol' Abe isn't going to rise up and protect you when you're in a bad situation and thanks to the geniuses that make laws in D.C. -- like the honorable crack smoking Marion Barry -- you won't have anything but your bare hands to defend yourself.