BlueHeeler
Ultimate Member
DC is a whole new ball game thanks to some MDS members at the hearing.
The new procedure is here for DC residents:
http://mpdc.dc.gov/mpdc/cwp/view.asp?a=1237&q=547431&pm=1
The big deal is the change to online training. Formally DC resident had to pay an instructor ~$200 for 4 hours of training plus live fire qualification. If you wanted a shotgun or rifle, you had to qualify with a pistol, go figure. That was bogus from the start because it was near impossible to find an approved instructor to come out for one person no matter what you wanted to register. The approved instructors were mostly employed teaching classes of security agents so they had no interest in teaching a single person from DC.
Personally I was VERY lucky to find an instructor who is also a friend of the family on the list. It was also near impossible for qualified instructors to join the DC list. One MDS member and solid instructor (whom you know) tried to get on the list and it was impossible. The list was nothing more than a political game to make registration as difficult as possible.
At the hearing, I implored DC to follow Maryland’s more relaxed standard of online training rather than live fire and training. Unbelievably DC did it!
Honestly I saw the moment that the online training idea clicked with the politicians during the hearing. That moment was precisely after I said, “The great thing about online training is DC will have absolute content control and a decision about who is eligible for ownership.” They lapped that up. On some level I was being facetious, but it worked. I was also pushing to make registration easier for law abiding people. At the end of the day it was success I suppose.
Welcome to DC, we can own firearms without giving a kidney.
The new procedure is here for DC residents:
http://mpdc.dc.gov/mpdc/cwp/view.asp?a=1237&q=547431&pm=1
The big deal is the change to online training. Formally DC resident had to pay an instructor ~$200 for 4 hours of training plus live fire qualification. If you wanted a shotgun or rifle, you had to qualify with a pistol, go figure. That was bogus from the start because it was near impossible to find an approved instructor to come out for one person no matter what you wanted to register. The approved instructors were mostly employed teaching classes of security agents so they had no interest in teaching a single person from DC.
Personally I was VERY lucky to find an instructor who is also a friend of the family on the list. It was also near impossible for qualified instructors to join the DC list. One MDS member and solid instructor (whom you know) tried to get on the list and it was impossible. The list was nothing more than a political game to make registration as difficult as possible.
At the hearing, I implored DC to follow Maryland’s more relaxed standard of online training rather than live fire and training. Unbelievably DC did it!
Honestly I saw the moment that the online training idea clicked with the politicians during the hearing. That moment was precisely after I said, “The great thing about online training is DC will have absolute content control and a decision about who is eligible for ownership.” They lapped that up. On some level I was being facetious, but it worked. I was also pushing to make registration easier for law abiding people. At the end of the day it was success I suppose.
Welcome to DC, we can own firearms without giving a kidney.
She provided a fresh account of registering a firearm from a noob perspective. She gained significant traction by saying she did not want to attend firearms training at some random dude's house which was the process. She was right on that.
