Are these illegal in DC? shotgun shell Xmas lights..
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I'm gonna have to work these into a menorah for next Chanukah. 
ShallNotInfringe
Lil Firecracker
- Feb 17, 2013
- 8,554
Did you have to show your HQL to unwrap the gift?
plinkerton
Ultimate Member
Where can I get a set?
mine came from Tractor Supply Store.
Fishguy
Ultimate Member
I'm pretty sure MPDC has better things to do then arrest people for Christmas lights.
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- Mar 8, 2013
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Maybe, but I can imagine the headlines already . . . Chief Lanier put herself on 5 minutes of administrative leave, but then immediately absolved herself of any wrongdoing after shooting and apprehending a suspect armed with 3" magnum Christmas lights. The suspect - described by the authorities as an over-zealous holiday tree decorator, is recovering from his wounds, but has been charged with multiple felony tree lighting offenses . . .
rj1974
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tomandjerry00
Ultimate Member
- Apr 12, 2013
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They would be legal if you had a registered 12 GA though (assuming those are 12 GA shells).
Illegal otherwise, even if you had a 20 GA....
Illegal otherwise, even if you had a 20 GA....
otisthedrnk
Active Member
- Feb 12, 2013
- 113
do you want to sell them I live in WV we're allowed
IJM
Ultimate Member
Not true anymore after July 2012. Now you just have to have at least one registered firearm of any caliber/type to possess ammo. Still BS though.
It's past Christmas, but we had those this year, homemade.
Just get a string of white Christmas lights and crimp empty plastic shotgun shell hulls over the bulb fixtures.
Takes about 5 minutes a string to make, project cost, $4 a string.
I have no idea if they would get you Christmas in jail in DC.
Just get a string of white Christmas lights and crimp empty plastic shotgun shell hulls over the bulb fixtures.
Takes about 5 minutes a string to make, project cost, $4 a string.
I have no idea if they would get you Christmas in jail in DC.
Turbohugh
Squib..
^^^ This
However, since they are sold as 'Lights' I doubt even if someone were to try to make a problem for you, they would get far.
As far as the man who was facing charges for having spent shell casings, again, he was facing charges [from his x-wife] of brandishing and making threats.. The firearm charges were dropped, however if she is successful in obtaining a protective order, he will have to surrender his firearms for 1-5 years [depending on if he voluntarily accepted the PO or fought it and she was awarded it.]
SCARCQB
Get Opp my rawn, Plick!
My popcorn has been sprinkled with a binary compound made out of explosive Sodium and highly toxic Chlorine.
maybe, DHS and DC police should investigate.
The brass lamp in my office was made of recycled 5.56 brass.
maybe, DHS and DC police should investigate.
The brass lamp in my office was made of recycled 5.56 brass.
Wrong. If you have any registered gun you can have any ammunition, except vest penetration ammunition now illegal in most of the US.
If you have a 20 gauge shotgun registered in DC you can buy, transport and possess virtually any ammunition including .223 556, 30 30, 9mm, .45, 10 or 12 gauge etc.
And DC is not the only place where expended shells are considered ammunition and cannot be owned by persons without a gun registration
ReticulateLemur
Active Member
- Oct 29, 2012
- 158
What other states would be included in that list? I had a friend in over the weekend and a .223 case managed to sneak its way out of the range and he took it home as a memento. Want to make sure he's not doing anything that could potentially get him in trouble.
Massachusetts for example. Expended brass has been prosecuted and upheld by higher courts as ammunition there.
This is all bad law but I saw Miller speak where she claimed DC is the only jurisdiction that defines brass or other parts as ammo, and she is wrong.
This is true, but a potential issue arises if the police come to your house for an unrelated reason. i.e. neighbor calls police because your music is too loud. You have a "less than cordial" attitude with the cop and... guess what happens next.
So I agree, 99% of MPD officers aren't going to go after someone for a spent shell, but it might not be too hard to do something stupid that gets you in trouble.
safecracker
Unrepentant Sinner
- Feb 26, 2009
- 2,405
Exactly.
Back in the 80's when the little portable televisions came out, DC passed a law prohibiting TVs in the front seat in order to deter people from watching Soul Train and Grizzly Adams while driving. My buddy pulled over a guy a few years back who copped an attitude. Guess who had a brand new, full-sized still in the box television on his front seat? And guess whose mouth got him a ticket for violating the 'no-TV-in-the-front-seat' law?
Best to stay under the radar and keep your moth shut.
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