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* Some U.S. cities with high minority populations, such as Washington, D.C., are singled out for gun bans.
 
* Some U.S. cities with high minority populations, such as Washington, D.C., are singled out for gun bans.
 
* "Project Exile" began in the U.S. city of Richmond, Virginia and mandated that people arrested for technical firearms violations (note: not for violent crimes committed with a firearm, but for technical violations of the law) be tried in federal court where they would be subject to lengthy mandatory minimum sentences rather than in state court under the more lenient Virginia laws. As with many other restrictions this was aimed primarily at the city's Black residents. It has since been copied in many other cities.
 
* "Project Exile" began in the U.S. city of Richmond, Virginia and mandated that people arrested for technical firearms violations (note: not for violent crimes committed with a firearm, but for technical violations of the law) be tried in federal court where they would be subject to lengthy mandatory minimum sentences rather than in state court under the more lenient Virginia laws. As with many other restrictions this was aimed primarily at the city's Black residents. It has since been copied in many other cities.
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==Other terms==
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Other terms sometimes used by those who are opposed to gun control include:
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* Rights restriction
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* Victim disarmament
      
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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