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Not anything we don't already know, but I just think that it's absolutely ridiculous that the D.C. authorities would craft such ridiculous legislation classifying semi-autos as machine guns, and actually plan to charge people with a crime when the only ones violating the law is D.C.
Newsham said if anyone shows up to register a semi-automatic pistol that fits the city's definition of a machine gun, police will confiscate the illegal gun but will not immediately arrest the owner. He said police reserve the right to investigate and eventually charge such an owner with violating the machine-gun ban.
Not anything we don't already know, but I just think that it's absolutely ridiculous that the D.C. authorities would craft such ridiculous legislation classifying semi-autos as machine guns, and actually plan to charge people with a crime when the only ones violating the law is D.C.