First DC Gun Registrant Turned Away (Post article)

[unbasslichkeit]

See, he didn't bring the actual gun to DC so it couldn't be test fired in accordance with the new regulations. The gun was in Maryland and they weren't sure it was legal for them to cross the state lines with it.

I'm shocked..SHOCKED, I tell you...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...071700700&pos=

[Joe Gress]

Man walks up to counter, "Hey, I want to buy this." "Buy what?" clerk says. "This.... oh, damn. Let me go back and get it."

[FL Knifemaker]

Soooooooooo...........Better safe than sorry???

[peterbright]

I'd be very careful as well.

[9mmMike]

DC is flippin' the SCOTUS the bird. Who is stunned by this?

[69nites]

back to the supreme court we go

[NJL]

Originally Posted by peterbright

I'd be very careful as well.

yeah, no kidding.

[troyus]

They're just trying to keep the law abiding citizens safe! From themselves.

[Marcury]

Hey, No gun, No registration.

[NJL]

Originally Posted by Marcury

Hey, No gun, No registration.

LOL

yeah, we should all start driving our cars and trucks into the vehicle registration offices when we have to register.. at least we can listen to our own music. LOL

[unbasslichkeit]

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Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker

Soooooooooo...........Better safe than sorry???

Absolutely. Under the current 'emergency' (read 'hastily written') legislation, the only way you can legally register a handgun is to buy one from a licensed gun dealer in the District of Columbia. Now, at the police department they said in front of the cameras that transporting a firearm from out of state directly to DC for registration only would be no problem, but hey - if it ain't in writing, it ain't biting.

PS - Guess how many licensed gun dealers there are in the District today?

Personally I think that no one on either side gives a flying if one gun is legally registered in the District of Columbia as long as they get to make their points and get their sound bites and their press. Meanwhile, folks keep getting shot, and as usual, DC loses.

[unbasslichkeit]

Originally Posted by NJL

LOL

yeah, we should all start driving our cars and trucks into the vehicle registration offices when we have to register.. at least we can listen to our own music. LOL

Someone in the Northeast please tell NJL about emissions testing...

[NJL]

Originally Posted by unbasslichkeit

Someone in the Northeast please tell NJL about emissions testing...

we don't do emissions testing when we register a vehicle..

we do emissions testing when we get the inspection sticker.

do you guys get inspection stickers for your handguns up there?

[DigMe]

Originally Posted by NJL

we don't do emissions testing when we register a vehicle..

we do emissions testing when we get the inspection sticker.

That must be a city ordinance. We don't have emissions testing at all here.

bc

[NJL]

Originally Posted by DigMe

That must be a city ordinance. We don't have emissions testing at all here.

bc

last time i had my Xterra inspected, they stuck the hose on the tail pipe..

i hope they didn't put a banana in there

could be a county thing, no?

[69nites]

Originally Posted by NJL

last time i had my Xterra inspected, they stuck the hose on the tail pipe..

i hope they didn't put a banana in there

could be a county thing, no?

generally emissions testing is done by the county.

[NJL]

Originally Posted by 69nites

generally emissions testing is done by the county.

unless it's california, i assume, i think they actually have a state statute on it..

[jon118]

In NC I know it's by county. I saw inspection prices of a place out near the coast and it made me quite jealous that I have to pay the extra for emissions.

[unbasslichkeit]

Originally Posted by 69nites

generally emissions testing is done by the county.

In a lot of the places (MD, DC, VA) it's statewide. In VA you just get your gas station to check and certify for you every year with your annual safety insepction. In MD and DC you make a trek every two years or so to the emissions inspection center to have them test you. That was my point about taking your car to the DMV to get it registered so they could see it - in MD they sorta do that, just at a different place.

Anyway, you go to an emissions station (one of about 20 in the state) burn up a lot of fuel waiting in line, and pay 'em $14for the test. Both our cars passed this year, and hopefully we'll have at least one new one next time it rolls around.

[WillPlay4Food]

Here in CT, cars are required to have an emission inspection every two years. New cars don't have to go until they are four years old. There are no auto inspections unless you buy a car that's 25 years old or more.