The U.S. capital, Washington, D.C., has some of the strongest gun laws in the country. But it still has a high rate of violent crime involving guns.

Community leaders have a number of outreach programs that they say are key in reducing the incidence of gun crime, starting with better support for children in the worst affected areas. 

CGTN’s Caroline Malone reports.

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