Unregistered ammunition...?

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A man was arrested in California recently and, among other charges, was charged with possessing "unregistered ammunition". I'm not familiar with CA laws and have no plans to go there but am just curious about how one goes about "registering" ammo in that state and how the state enforces compliance.

Many other questions for future discussion immediately came to mind .

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A man was arrested in California recently and, among other charges, was charged with possessing "unregistered ammunition". I'm not familiar with CA laws and have no plans to go there but am just curious about how one goes about "registering" ammo in that state and how the state enforces compliance.

Many other questions for future discussion immediately came to mind .

Comments?
Comments? "Scary"
 
Remember.
When battleship USS Maine blew up from bad design (fuel bunkers prone to spontaneous combustion one sheet of steel from the ammo magazine) the Hearst newspapers hectored the US into a war with Spain, Yellow Journalism fake news at it finest hour.
 
California has no law, at present, proscribing the possession of "Unregistered Ammunition."

There's a lot of bad reporting going on today, and that may be the case here. The OP didn't link to any story, so I can't really be sure of what reports he's speaking of.

But it's also important to remember that California has a lot of weird, and obtuse, statues. California's law against wife beating is more than a thousand words long. To simplify the law we actually just say "Wife Beating" as an abbreviated title of that law, but the other 998+ words have a lot of meaning and they often make that two-word summary a little inaccurate.

I've seen many cases where news reports have described crimes using the abbreviated crime title, and where that abbreviated title did not accurately report the conduct of the defendant.

OP - Can you cite your source on this?
 
I did see a story about a guy arrested near a property owned by kamala harris who was not living there at the time. The article said he had a rifle(ar 15 type)and "unregistered" ammunition. Thought it was a misprint but it appeared in another story. This is a new concept to me and seems kinda off the wall. Anyone else every hear of "unregistered" ammo?
 
Arkie,

It looks like you may be mistaken as to the location of the gentleman's arrest.

In your first posting, you stated that he was arrested in California, and that sparked our discussion of California law concerning "Unregistered Ammunition."

But in your two subsequent postings, you provided links to media reports of the arrest and both state that it occurred in the District of Columbia. That makes our discussion of California law quite irrelevant.

In doing a quick web search of the District of Columbia code, it appears that the law does proscribe the possession of ammunition unless the possessor has a registered weapon that fires that ammunition. As an "Abbreviated Title", it would then make sense to describe the charge as "Possession of Unregistered Ammunition."

And for what it's worth, The District of Columbia is probably more weird than California with regard to its penal statutes.
 
I deduce that ArkieVol recently visited a dentist's office, as those are the only locations where one might come across copies of Newsweek and USA Today.

I further deduce that he was heavily sedated, as that is the only way a rational man might believe something he has read in Newsweek or USA Today. :p
 
I deduce that ArkieVol recently visited a dentist's office, as those are the only locations where one might come across copies of Newsweek and USA Today.

I further deduce that he was heavily sedated, as that is the only way a rational man might believe something he has read in Newsweek or USA Today. :p

First, my error about location of arrest. It was in DC. Hard to tell the difference sometimes.

Second, I randomly picked Newsweek and USA Today off of a general net search because I couldn’t find the Newsmax article where I first read it.
Found it later: https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/v...val-observatory-arrest/2021/03/17/id/1014222/
 
sorry my post was unclear. my question was about the concept of "registered" or "unregistered" ammo. never heard of either and just wanted to know what is going on. when did these classes of ammo come into being? do they exist? who "registers" ammo? is this a new thing?
 

VIII. Possession and Sale of Ammunition
  1. In general, a person shall not possess ammunition within the District unless:
    • He is a licensed dealer.
    • He is a holder of a valid registration certificate for a firearm.
    • He holds an ammunition collector’s certificate effective prior to September 25, 1976.
    • He temporarily possesses ammunition while participating in a firearms training and safety class conducted by a firearms instructor.
    • He is an officer, agent, or employee of the District of Columbia or the United States on duty and acting within the scope of his duties when possessing such ammunition.
  2. No person shall possess restricted ammunition, defined as any projectile core which may be used in a handgun and which is constructed entirely (excluding traces of other substances) from one or a combination of tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper, or depleted uranium; or a full jacketed projectile larger than .22 caliber designed and intended for use in a handgun and whose jacket has a weight of more than 25 percent of the total weight of the projectile, or .50 caliber BMG ammunition.(D.C. Official Code § 7-2501.01 (13a))
  3. No person in the District shall possess, sell, or transfer any large capacity ammunition feeding device regardless of whether the device is attached to a firearm. A “large capacity ammunition feeding device” means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device that has a capacity of, or that can be readily restored or converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of ammunition. This does not include an attached tubular device designed to accept, and capable of operating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition.
[URL]https://mpdc.dc.gov/page/general-requirements-firearms-registration[/URL]
 
"Ammunition collector's certificate"?

That still doesn't explain "registered ammunition," so it's obviously journalistic malpractice. I.e., a lie.
 
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He is a holder of a valid registration certificate for a firearm.
Note that DC still requires restrictive permits and storage issues despite Heller; they just rewrote the statutes and no one has contested the new constructions, yet.

That still doesn't explain "registered ammunition," so it's obviously journalistic malpractice. I.e., a lie.
That's on par for DC.
 
This may have caused confusion in the mind of the reporter in California.

The law, which took effect last July, requires Californians to pass an in-store
background check
before buying ammunition, which involves running buyers'
names through a California Department of Justice database that tracks legal purchases of guns.
 
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