I went through eleventy-dozen checkpoints on the Mall, and elsewhere. All the guards searched my backpack at every check point.
On the way home I found I had left a charged magazine (8 .45 rounds) in the bottom of my backpack. Not especially well-hidden, just snugged under my spare socks.
D.C. seems to have the highest per-capita police presences in the US. And it's all useless and dumb and ineffective.
It does. Near the Capitol, you have the Capitol Police. And since the area is designated a national park, you have US Park Police. In addition to DC police. Finally, you have the Diplomatic Security and Secret Service that will randomly be in the area, and each building's own security force.
It's much the same in the states.
I went through eleventy-dozen checkpoints on the Mall, and elsewhere. All the guards searched my backpack at every check point.
On the way home I found I had left a charged magazine (8 .45 rounds) in the bottom of my backpack. Not especially well-hidden, just snugged under my spare socks.
D.C. seems to have the highest per-capita police presences in the US. And it's all useless and dumb and ineffective.