On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 11:31:24AM -0500, Paul Barnett wrote: > > WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- District residents can start registering their guns > today. But at least one very high profile application was already rejected. > > Dick Heller is the man who brought the lawsuit against the District's > 32-year-old ban on handguns. He was among the first in line Thursday > morning to apply for a handgun permit. > > But when he tried to register his semi-automatic weapon, he says he was > rejected. He says his gun has seven bullet clip. Heller says the City > Council legislation allows weapons with fewer than eleven bullets in the > clip. A spokesman for the DC Police says the gun was a bottom-loading > weapon, and according to their interpretation, all bottom-loading guns > are outlawed because they are grouped with machine guns. > > Rest of article at: > > http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=74036&catid=158
DC's policy on what guns can be registered:
What types of firearms can I register?
Shotguns, rifles, and revolvers. However, a shotgun barrel cannot
be less than 20 inches in length, and a rifle barrel cannot be
less than 16 inches in length and must have a total overall length
of 26 inches or more. 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.
http://mpdc.dc.gov/mpdc/cwp/view,a,1237,q,565463.asp
See also: http://mpdc.dc.gov/mpdc/cwp/view,a,1237,q,547431.asp
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