DC reporter tries to legally buy a handgun

[sigsauer357]

This is an interesting series of articles, yet to be completed, on what it is like to try and purchase a handgun in Washington D.C.


http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/...-gets-her-gun/

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/...-gun-registry/

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/...ly-gun-source/

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/...-ownership-dc/

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/...igible-gun-dc/


Jesus Christ if this is true!

1) Fill out the eligibility form and get it notarized

2) Find a D.C.-certified instructor to sign up for a firearms safety course

3) Take four hours of classroom instruction and one hour of range instruction on safety and have the instructor fill out the compliance form

4) Provide proof that my vision is okay (my driver’s license suffices, one down!)

5) Provide proof of residency (my license works, two down!)

6) Get two passport photos

7) Study D.C.’s laws and regulations for firearms (guide provided in the packet)

8) Pass a 20-question multiple choice test on No. 7

9) Be fingerprinted

10) Pay fees totaling $60

11) Buy the gun papers

12) Arrange with D.C.'s only legal gun broker, Charles Sykes, to transfer the gun (cost $125) to him

13) Have Mr. Sykes fill out the his section in the application for firearms registration certificate

14) Take all the applications requirements from above to the registration office

15) After the application is in, wait five days for the application to be approved

16) After the five days are up, wait another 5 days for Mr. Sykes to be legally allowed to release the firearm

17) Pick up the gun from Mr. Sykes and take it to the police department for a ballistics test

If I pass all these tests, then I get the gun, but have to go straight home since it's illegal to carry in the city.

[ImminentDanger]

Just proves the Federalist were right - NO NEED FOR THE BILL OF RIGHTS
YOU CAN ALWAYS TRUST YOUR GOVERNMENT TO DO THE RIGHT THING - FOR YOUR OWN GOOD!



Already a thread here:
http://forum.pafoa.org/national-11/1...ng-gun-dc.html

[Kodiak]

And I thought NJ was bad.

[bogey1]

Is this "Washington DC" you speak of part of the united states?









wheres the vomit icon when you need one.

[kevindsingleton]

Up through #10, it almost precisely describes the process to obtain a carry permit in Texas, except it costs much more for a carry permit.

Of course, buying the gun, in Texas, is simpler.

[silkworm]

It is truly unbelievable how blatantly obtrusive these government agencies are over constitutional rights. How do you justify these "legally illegal" actions?

On a side note, Ms. Miller is WAY to good looking to be stuck in print media! Can we get her an anchor job somewhere?

[theshadow]

already under discussion in this sub forum http://forum.pafoa.org/national-11/1...ng-gun-dc.html