Claim: "Washington, D.C., had some of the strictest gun laws in the country. And when they passed them, violence skyrocketed."
Fact-check: Marco Rubio says after D.C. passed gun laws, 'violence skyrocketed'
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Becky Bowers
Date published: 2013-01-28T00:00:00