DC gun process experiment showed a process so onerous and prohibitive, it’s as good as the ban
I had been keeping track of the efforts of WTOP News reporter Mark Segraves in which he tries to slog through the ridiculous and clearly unconstitutional rat-maze that the DC government has provided as it’s “process” to permit DC residents to legally procure a firearm. Well, my last post on that was back on September 18 when Segraves was pointing out how expensive DC has made the process. (Another attempt on their part to effectively ban the guns by putting them out of the means of many DC residents who need them.) At the time, Segraves was still waiting on the final pieces to the regulatory puzzle to allow him to take possession of his gun. In my recent blogging absence, I missed his latest report in which he finally has his gun in DC:
They may be legal, but they sure aren’t easy to get. Registering a handgun in the District takes time, money and a lot of leg work.
It takes four trips to police headquarters, one trip to an out-of-state gun store, two trips to a gun dealer. You must be fingerprinted. The gun must go through a ballistics test. You have to have one form notarized. You must provide two passport sized photographs. You have to take a written test. And, you have to pay nearly $200 in various fees.
Segraves notes that there’s an 8-10 day waiting period in Maryland no waiting period at all in Virginia – because in Virginia the background check is an instant one, putting the lie to DC’s “requirement” to take this long to check all the background info. Neither state requires testing, notaries, multiple fees or multiple trips to a bunch of places.
Meanwhile, the House has certainly done their part by passing a law that strips these inane processes from DC’s lawbooks and precludes them from re-enacting them. No word on when the Senate will get around to this but it sure couldn’t be soon enough.
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