Section 24-2300. DISCHARGE OF WEAPONS

 

2300.1No gun, air gun, rifle, air rifle, pistol, revolver, or other firearm, cannon, or torpedo shall be discharged or set off in the District without a special written permit from the Chief of Police.

 

2300.2This section shall not apply to licensed shooting galleries between 6:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight on Monday through Saturday, or between the hours of 2:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. on Sundays.

 

2300.3This section shall not apply to the discharge of firearms or explosives in a performance conducted in or at a regular licenses theater or show, or to a discharge of a registered firearm while it is being used to protect against a reasonably perceived threat of immediate harm to a person in the registrant’s home.

 

2300.4Upon application to the Mayor by the president of any private or public university, college, or other educational institution, or the president of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, guns and rifles of small caliber may be used by the officers, instructors, and pupils of the school, upon receiving a permit for the discharge of arms from the Chief of Police.

 

2300.5The permit issued under §2300.4 shall state the caliber of weapons allowed under the permit.

 

2300.6Before a permit is issued, the president of the college, university, or other educational institution, or the president of the D.C. Board of Education, shall furnish the Chief of Police the written consent of the owners of a majority of the real property within a radius of two hundred feet (200 ft.) of the boundary lines of the lot or parcel of ground upon which the arms are to be discharged, unless the discharge is within an indoor, sound-proofed range.

 

2300.7No place shall be used under the terms of §2300.4 until the Director of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs furnishes a certificate verifying that suitable precautions have been taken for the safety of the public and the protection of property by the erection of iron shields and other appliances that the Director may deem is necessary.

 

authority

The Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department, pursuant to her duties to interpret, implement and enforce the Firearms Regulations Control Act of 1975 (Act), effective September 24, 1976 (D.C. Law 1-85; D.C. Official Code § 7-2501, et seq.)(2001), and section 3(q) of the Firearms Registration Emergency Amendment Act of 2008 (FREAA), effective January 7, 2009 (D.C. Act 17-651; 56 DCR 911) and any substantially similar temporary or permanent acts.

source

Commissioners' Order No. 64-1397F, effective September 29, 1964, Article 9, §1 of the Police Regulations (May 1981); as amended by Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 624 (January 16, 2009)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 4380 (June 5, 2009).