Thundar
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Are you sick of having to disarm to be legal in D.C.? The recent OCer use of a single action pistol to stop the massacre at the Golden Circle Foodmart in Richmond has me thinking.
In D.C. the law uses the federal definition of firearm. Therefore antique firearms, or replicas thereof are not firearms.
From the DC code:
§ 7-2501.01. Definitions [Formerly § 6-2302]...
...(3) "Antique firearm" means:
Any firearm (including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system) manufactured in or before 1898;
Any replica of any firearm described in subparagraph (A) if such replica:
Is not designed or redesigned for using rim-fire or conventional center-fire fixed ammunition; or
Uses rim-fire or conventional ammunition which is no longer manufactured in the United States and which is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade....
...(9) "Firearm" means any weapon which will, or is designed or redesigned, made or remade, readily converted or restored, and intended to, expel a projectile or projectiles by the action of an explosive; the frame or receiver of any such device; or any firearm muffler or silencer; provided, that such term shall not include:
(A) Antique firearms; or ...
Cite:
[url]http://weblinks.westlaw.com/toc/default.aspx?Abbr=dc%2Dst%2Dweb&Action=ExpandTree&AP=N3CDC68D0913A11DB9BCF9DAC28345A2A&ItemKey=N3CDC68D0913A11DB9BCF9DAC28345A2A&RP=%2Ftoc%2Fdefault%2Ewl&Service=TOC&RS=WEBL8.11&VR=2.0&SPa=DCC-1000&fragment#N3CDC68D0913A11DB9BCF9DAC28345A2A[/url]
This gun is pretty good protection and as far as I can tell, legal in D.C.
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1861 Navy .36 w. Walnut Grips (steel) 1861 Navy model steel frame single action black powder revolver in .36 calibre with steel backstrap and trigger guard, European walnut grips and 8" round barrel.
Are you sick of having to disarm to be legal in D.C.? The recent OCer use of a single action pistol to stop the massacre at the Golden Circle Foodmart in Richmond has me thinking.
In D.C. the law uses the federal definition of firearm. Therefore antique firearms, or replicas thereof are not firearms.
From the DC code:
§ 7-2501.01. Definitions [Formerly § 6-2302]...
...(3) "Antique firearm" means:
Any firearm (including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system) manufactured in or before 1898;
Any replica of any firearm described in subparagraph (A) if such replica:
Is not designed or redesigned for using rim-fire or conventional center-fire fixed ammunition; or
Uses rim-fire or conventional ammunition which is no longer manufactured in the United States and which is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade....
...(9) "Firearm" means any weapon which will, or is designed or redesigned, made or remade, readily converted or restored, and intended to, expel a projectile or projectiles by the action of an explosive; the frame or receiver of any such device; or any firearm muffler or silencer; provided, that such term shall not include:
(A) Antique firearms; or ...
Cite:
[url]http://weblinks.westlaw.com/toc/default.aspx?Abbr=dc%2Dst%2Dweb&Action=ExpandTree&AP=N3CDC68D0913A11DB9BCF9DAC28345A2A&ItemKey=N3CDC68D0913A11DB9BCF9DAC28345A2A&RP=%2Ftoc%2Fdefault%2Ewl&Service=TOC&RS=WEBL8.11&VR=2.0&SPa=DCC-1000&fragment#N3CDC68D0913A11DB9BCF9DAC28345A2A[/url]
This gun is pretty good protection and as far as I can tell, legal in D.C.
[/b]
1861 Navy .36 w. Walnut Grips (steel) 1861 Navy model steel frame single action black powder revolver in .36 calibre with steel backstrap and trigger guard, European walnut grips and 8" round barrel.