D.C. Code § 7-2502.02 : GOVERNMENT OF DISTRICT — HUMAN HEALTH CARE AND SAFETY — PUBLIC SAFETY — FIREARMS CONTROL — FIREARMS CONTROL REGULATIONS — FIREARMS AND DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES —2502.02 - [Effective 8/3/2023] Registration of certain firearms prohibited

(a) A registration certificate shall not be issued for a:
(1) Sawed-off shotgun;
(2) Machine gun;
(3) Short-barreled rifle;
(4) Pistol not validly registered to the current registrant in the District prior to September 24, 1976, except that the prohibition on registering a pistol shall not apply to:
(A) Any organization that employs at least one commissioned special police officer or other employee licensed to carry a firearm and that arms the employee with a firearm during the employee's duty hours;
(B) A police officer who has retired from the Metropolitan Police Department;
(C) Any person who seeks to register a pistol:
(i) For use in self-defense within that person's home or place of business; or
(ii) As part of the application process for a license to carry a concealed pistol pursuant to § 7-2509.02; or
(D) A firearms instructor, or an organization that employs a firearms instructor, for the purpose of conducting firearms training.
(5) An unsafe firearm prohibited under § 7-2505.04;
(6) An assault weapon;
(7) A .50 BMG rifle; or
(8) Ghost gun.
(b) Repealed.

D.C. Code § 7-2502.02

Amended by D.C. Law 24-583,§ 2, 69 DCR 012714, eff. 10/17/2022, exp. 1/15/2023.
Amended by D.C. Law 24-237,§ 2, 68 DCR 013482, eff. 12/13/2021, exp. 3/13/2022.
Amended by D.C. Law 23-274,§ 201, 68 DCR 004792, eff. 4/27/2021.
Sept. 24, 1976, D.C. Law 1-85, title II, § 202, 23 DCR 2464; Mar. 16, 1978, D.C. Law 2-62, § 2, 24 DCR 5780; May 7, 1993, D.C. Law 9-266, § 2(b), 39 DCR 5676; Mar. 31, 2009, D.C. Law 17-372, § 3(c), 56 DCR 1365; Sept. 29, 2012, D.C. Law 19-170, § 2(c), 59 DCR 5691; June 16, 2015, D.C. Law 20-279, § 2(b), 62 DCR 1944.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
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