Oleg's picture in the new DC gun brochure

[jpIII]

Is this one of Oleg's pictures?

This is the new brochure that the DC Police put out since Heller came out informing residents on how to register their guns (revolvers only) in the district.

http://mpdc.dc.gov/mpdc/lib/mpdc/info/pdf/registering_firearm_dc.pdf

First page, upper right hand corner looks like a picture out of Oleg's work, but I can't find it. If it is, it certainly doesn't appear to be in it's original form and unaltered.

 

[IME]

Did you notice that the only handgun DC will register as "legal" is a revolver. They will not register semi-automatic pistols categorizing them, instead, with sawed-off shotguns, machine guns, and short barreled rifles.

<><Peace

 

[MatthewVanitas]

Not to nitpick, but do they not have spellcheck:

semiautomatchandguns.

Cha-cha-cha!

The following firearms may not be registered in the District: sawed-off
shotguns, short-barreled rifles, machine guns and semiautomatc handguns.

Hmmmmm, no mention of suppressors?

To register a fiream, residents must report to the Firearms Registration Section of the Metropolitan Police
Department, located at 300 Indiana Avenue, NW. The application process may take up to 14 days. The cost for registering each firearm is $13, plus $35 to process fingerprints.
Applicants must:
-Be 21 years of age
-Complete a firearms application
-Bring proof of residency (e.g., D.C. Driver’s License)
-Bring two (2) passport-sized front facing photos
-Be fingerprinted
-Pass a 20-question multiple choice test
-Complete a notarized firearms eligibility statement

Though it's terible in principle, it's certainly amusing that DC residents are confined to leverguns and revolvers for the time being. Apparently the antis are right, and losening gunlaws does indeed turn a town into the Wild West. :rimshot:

By Texas standards, this is terrible. By DC standards, this is one heck of an improvement.

Qatra bo qatra daryo mesozad (Drop by drop is the river made)
-Afghan proverb

 

[tepin]

I thought the age requirement to register a handgun in DC would be set at 135. I am impressed it is only 21.

 

[springmom]

Notice that you cannot have a prior conviction for a gun related crime. I wonder if that includes being caught in possession of a revolver, and then convicted under the law that was JUST RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL!?!?!?! Or will all such convictions be thrown out and voided?

Also, at 20" minimum length for a shotgun barrel, aren't they 2 inches longer than federal rules, thus effectively outlawing many 18 1/2" barreled home-defense shotguns?

A major improvement, but the whole thing still stinks!

"Papers, please!"

 

[Hardware]

Well, this one is kind of frightening, taken from the DC flyer on how to register a firearm;

Must not suffer from a physical defect which
would make it unsafe for you to possess and use a
firearm safely and responsibly.

Who decides? What sort of physical defect disqualifies a person?

 

[skidmark]

Contest!

Spot the error(s)

Spelling errors do not count.

Find the violation(s) of Federal law/regulation.

Find the statistical error(s).

Find the error(s) in logic - merely counting the number of sentences & bulleted phrases will not make you a winner in this category.

stay safe.

skidmark

 

[hso]

And I see another case against DC coming based on the common usage argument.

 

[punchdrunk]

how do they get by with the no semi auto handguns thing?

 

[Dravur]

I wionder

how happy the residents of DC will be having to pony up for all the new lawsuits coming their way...

 

[jlday70]

Find the violation(s) of Federal law/regulation.

Isn't it against Federal codes for municipalities to require registration of a weapon?

 

[baz]

hso, as part of the common use argument, I would add that semi-automatic pistols are preferred (not exclusively, of course) by women because of their self-cocking nature (after the initial cocking of course). Handicapped people, too. No way can my wife shoot a revolver, unless it has been cocked, and then that leaves her with a single shot weapon, because she lacks the strength in her hands and fingers to squeeze the trigger and fire a normal revolver unless it is already cocked. For this reason, we keep a loaded and racked Buckmark Camper for her to use in the house if she ever needs it. It is pretty much the only kind of weapon she can handle. And it is outlawed under the DC regs.

 

[LWGN]

Baz,

Sounds like a semi-auto would qualify as a reasonable accomodation for her disability under ADA.

 

[Old Fuff]

semiautomatchandguns.

Is a word that does not exist in any recognized legal reference or dictionary. Also by recognized definition, semi-automatic does not define a machine gun. I am sure this will be brought to the Washington DC authorities, and they will be told flat out, “change this at once or be prepared to go back into court.” If they do they will lose. They cannot circumvent the Court’s decision my creating new and unrecognized words and descriptions. They might however be able to impose a magazine capacity limit.

Clearly anti-gun advocates plan to use a policy of Aggressive Regulation to replace outright bans. Given the way the decision was written; sometimes they'll win and sometimes they won't, but this will be the next battleground.

 

[rantingredneck]

Who decides? What sort of physical defect disqualifies a person?

Oh, there's an ADA challenge coming to that one I can guarantee you.

 

[Oleg Volk]

That photo isn't mine. Thanks for bringing it up though, just in case it had been.

 

[Cacique500]

They're going to get sued again over the semi-auto ban, and I hope they sue them quickly.

I'd also want to see what's on the "test" - and if you have to have a passing score, and what that score is. I'm willing to bet $ that some (or most) of the questions are going to be BS and/or inaccurate.

 

[JERRY]

the NRA is filing suits in many locales that are anti gun as we speak.....they need to get this crap out of the DC politicians ears....revolver only ownership is not in line with the "spirit" of the Heller ruling, nor is caliber.....by DC's standards one can not own/possess a Beretta .32acp Tomcat but can own an RG (Rohm) .38 revolver.....that doesnt make sence. whats the NRA doing about that?

 

[The Annoyed Man]

Oh, there's an ADA challenge coming to that one I can guarantee you.

Dyslexics Against Drugs?

 

[TAB]

Correct me if I'm wrong...
Isn't it easier to prove X bullet came X gun, if the crimal left shell casings behind?

 

[Golden Hound]

From the pamphlet:

Between 1994 and 1998, 6,287 children committed
suicide with a firearm and an additional 1,896 children
were killed by unintentional gun injuries in the
United States. All together, 23,776 children under age
19 died from a gun related injury during these years,
which is equal to 13 children a day.

Children under age 19? I thought anyone over 18 is an adult, not a child. That's one hell of a definition of "child" that they have there. I guess that includes 17 and 18 year old gang members shooting each other over crack. Ughh. I am literally thankful to God that I do not live in D.C. Why don't they just change the name to "District of Communism" already because that's what it is.

 

[Prince Yamato]

how do they get by with the no semi auto handguns thing?

They won't.

 

[Eleven Mike]

We note that (according the brochure) semi-auto long guns are legal, with barrels of the appropriate length. Watch for AR manufacturers to market "DC specials" with long barrels and tiny magazines.

 

[george29]

Sounds to me like they are trying to be cute and only allow weapons that are considered antique designs. On the other hand, sawn off double-barreled shotguns should also be on that list. IMO, Fenty will just turn all his citizens into SASS members, and there is no turning back from the bug of Cowboy Action Shooting. It's gonna boomerang on him pardner!

 

[cpttango30]

No weapon can shoot more
than one shot by a single function of the trigger,
or semi-automatically shoot more than 12 shots
without manual reloading or be readily converted
or restored to do so.

OK so my 1911 only fires one shot when the trigger is pulled (PASSED).

The mags are 8 round mags so there for it does not shoot over 12 rounds without reload. (PASSED)

SO does that mean I can register my 1911? It only fails to meet one thing it is a semi-auto pistol.

Must not suffer from a physical defect which
would make it unsafe for you to possess and use a
firearm safely and responsibly.

What exactly are the PHYSICAL DEFECTS that are OK to have? Does this not go against the Americans with Disabilities Act?

WHAT CALIBER WEAPON CAN I REGISTER?
Any caliber of weapon may be registered.

So we can register a Barret 50BMG? WOW I thought they would have went after that as well as handguns. You know that 99% of all crime is commited 50% or the time with 5% of the 50bmg rifles in 79% of the states.



Oh yah Who the heck is oleg? and why are people on here always talking about his pictures.

Sounds to me like they are trying to be cute and only allow weapons that are considered antique designs.

How is a 1911 which is almost 100 years old not antique? What about a Luger pistol? it is 110 years old how is that not antique? I am lost. How old does the design need to be for you to call it antique? 200 300 or 400 years old?