so 3/8/2019 I decided to see if I could get at least one answer from the firearms unit through email.
I asked one very specific question and so far no response. I did get an out of office reply from Lt. Hall and no response from Officer Mills yet.
In laymen terms can someone describe what an Assault weapon is according to DC law?
Simple: Any Semi-Automatic Black Rifle of any Caliper that Holds Multiple Rounds of Ammo & that can be Reloaded Quickly...
Why don't you just get a Mini-14? Are they GTG?
This is all great info Kanly. I'd be interested if the officer you spoke to has an email exchange between him and Lt. Hall regarding the fin grips.
When I asked about a Monsterman Grip, I was initially told it was good to go, then I was told it was a pistol grip.
WTF? why spread completely false claims?Simple: Any Semi-Automatic Black Rifle of any Caliper that Holds Multiple Rounds of Ammo & that can be Reloaded Quickly...
And if someone had a Monsterman grip when it was legal and now it's not legal what does DC do? Confiscate it? Arrest whoever has one? What happens if they change their mind about something else?
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I know they have a catchall phrase in the regulations of something like "or whatever else the Chief determines" so there's that to consider, but DC seems to have no problems accepting CA/MD/MA pistols maybe they need to think about that for ARs and AR options.
Apologies if that has been addressed before but DC's AW ban includes 22lr with the exception of tubular magazines? And those need to be limited to 10 rounds?
Many thanks for the clarification, BlueHeeler.
I still have problems with this para in the AW definition:
(ii) Any shotgun with a revolving cylinder; provided, that this sub-subparagraph shall not apply to a weapon with an attached tubular device designed to accept, and capable of operating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition;
What's confusing is having shotguns and 22lr in the same sentence but "weapon" here probably means any AW.
I still don't understand why a thumbhole stock is such a scary feature.
Did anybody ever check with the MPDC whether they'd consider assault rifles with Maglocks or Modified Bolt Catches legal? Seem to be popular in California.
Do you mean magblocks? The legal hurdle to pass is can the magazine be readily restored to +10 rounds?
Seems like some JB plasticweld from the spring to block would prevent a "readily restored" condition. Probably.
However DC has been known to have some interesting interpretations of their laws.
Or just by 10 round magazines.