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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 24. PUBLIC SPACE AND SAFETY |
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Chapter 24-23. GUNS AND OTHER WEAPONS |
Section 24-2399. DEFINITIONS
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2399.1 When used in this chapter, and in forms prescribed under this chapter, where not otherwise distinctly expressed or manifestly incompatible with the intent of the Act or this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed:
Act – the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975, effective September 24, 1976 (D.C. Law 1-85; D.C. Official Code §§ 7-2501.01 et seq. (2012 Repl. & 2013 Supp.)).
Board – means the Concealed Pistol Licensing Review Board.
Bona fide patient relationship – means a relationship between a psychiatrist or psychologist and a patient in which:
(a) A complete assessment of the patient’s mental health history, current mental health condition, and a current mental health examination has taken place; and
(b) Where the psychiatrist or psychologist has responsibility for the ongoing care and mental health treatment of the patient.
Bona fide residence – means a dwelling place of a person that is documented by two (2) or more of the following:
(a)Voter registration indicating the address of the dwelling place;
(b)Motor vehicle registration indicating the address of the dwelling place;
(c)Motor vehicle driver permit indicating the address of the dwelling place;
(d)Withholding and payment of individual income taxes indicating the address of the dwelling place including:
(1)Copies of certified District or state income tax returns; and
(2)Copies of certified federal tax returns filed with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service;
(e)Certified deed or lease or rental agreement for real property indicating the address of the dwelling place;
(f)Cancelled checks or receipts for mortgage or rental payments;
(g)Utility bills and payment receipts indicating the address of the dwelling place;
(h)A copy of a bank account statement in the name of the applicant at the address of the dwelling place;
(i)Copies of credit card or brokerage account statements mailed to the applicant at the address of the dwelling place; or
(j)Copies of automobile insurance statements mailed to the applicant at the address of the dwelling place.
Chief – means the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department or his or her designee.
Dealer – any person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or otherwise dealing in firearms, ammunition, or destructive devices at wholesale or retail; any person engaged in the business of repairing, testing, or analyzing firearms; any person engaged in the business of making or fitting special barrels, stocks, or trigger mechanisms for firearms or destructive devices; or any person repairing, testing, analyzing, or making any destructive device or ammunition.
Director – the commanding officer or acting commanding officer of the Police Business Services Division of the Metropolitan Police Department or their delegates.
Explosive or explosives – any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that contains any oxidizing and combustible units, or other ingredients, in such proportion, quantities, or packing that an ignition by fire, friction, concussion, percussion, or detonator, or any part of the compound or mixture, may cause a sudden generation of highly heated gasses that results in gaseous pressures capable of producing destructive effects on contiguous objects or of destroying life or limb. (Art. 9, § 3 of the Police Regulations).
Firearms Registration Section – a part of the Police Business Services Division of the Metropolitan Police Department, located in 300 Indiana Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001.
Home – the principal place of residence of an individual in the District and limited to the interior of a house, condominium unit, cooperative unit, apartment, houseboat, or a mobile home, so long as that structure is not capable of unassisted movement. The term home does not include any common areas of any condominium unit, cooperative unit, or apartment.
Intrafamily offense – shall have the same meaning as provided in D.C. Official Code § 16-1001(8) (2012 Repl.).
Licensee – means a person issued a license for a concealed pistol.
Licensed dealer – a deadly weapons dealer licensed under the Act and this chapter.
Machine gun – means any firearm which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. The term “machine gun” shall also include the frame or receiver of any such firearm, any part designed and intended solely and exclusively, or combination of parts designed and intended, for use in converting a firearm into a machine gun, and any combination of parts from which a machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the possession or under the control of a person.
Pistol – any firearm originally designed to be fired by use of a single hand or with a barrel less than 12 inches in length.
Place of business – means a business that is located in an immovable structure at a fixed location, as documented by a business license or certificate of occupancy, and that is operated and owned entirely, or in substantial part, by a firearm registrant.
Security Officers Management Branch – a part of the Police Business Services Division of the Metropolitan Police Department, located at 2000 14th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009.
Supervisor – the person in charge of the Firearms Registration Section.