Don't bring a gun to a snowball fight

<img src="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/files/2009/12/IMG_1718... align="right">According to an eyewitness, a D.C. Police detective (pictured here w/ gun) went nuts after kids pelted his Hummer with snowballs at 14th and U Streets NW this afternoon. The veteran detective got out of his car and eventually grabbed for his gun, displaying it to the crowd. He did not immediately identify himself as a police officer. He calmed down once his fellow uniformed cop arrived. Apparently, someone called 911 to report a man with gun.

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This goes into our file called "When only cops have guns."

I remember another time when the police were the only ones who brought guns.

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