Tens of Thousands of D.C. Gun Owners Forced to Re-Register Firearms

[sarisataka]

5. It is listed on the application...

$13 FEE REQUIRED WITH THIS APPLICATION

estimated 50,000 gun owners x $13= $650,000 every three years. Since each application has only space for one firearm, that total is likely much higher.

Strangely this new policy changes the safety training requirement from a 4 hour class to an online video with a quiz. I found the test ridiculously simple but I can now register a firearm if I move to DC. The video showed some techniques I believe to be unsafe and was ambiguous about safe storage. Along with storing in secure containers, one option was to store a firearm where "it would reasonably considered to be unreachable by a minor under 18". That could be considered to be a high shelf; I do not believe that to be safe storage.