Get a Gun in D.C. -- Do You Feel Lucky?

[MountainDon]

An interesting article that appeared in the Washington Post, Sept 2, 2009.

"It took $833.69, a total of 15 hours 50 minutes, four trips to the Metropolitan Police Department, two background checks, a set of fingerprints, a five-hour class and a 20-question multiple-choice exam. Oh, and the votes of five Supreme Court justices. They're the ones who really made it possible for me, as a District resident, to own a handgun, a constitutional right as heavily debated and rigorously parsed as the freedoms of speech and religion. "

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/01/AR2009090103836.html?sid=ST2009090103944

Note: the gun he bought was $275, the balance was license fees, courses, and transfer fees, not to mention the need to have the guns ballistics recorded by the DC police.

Much different from NM where there's only the NICS check (if buying from one of the many state dealers) and the cost of the gun.

[Redoverfarm]

It was things like this that made them that way.  Well this one is now gone as of 9:00 P.M. tonight.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33827106/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/?GT1=43001

[peternap]

An interesting article that appeared in the Washington Post, Sept 2, 2009.

"It took $833.69, a total of 15 hours 50 minutes, four trips to the Metropolitan Police Department, two background checks, a set of fingerprints, a five-hour class and a 20-question multiple-choice exam. Oh, and the votes of five Supreme Court justices. They're the ones who really made it possible for me, as a District resident, to own a handgun, a constitutional right as heavily debated and rigorously parsed as the freedoms of speech and religion. "

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/01/AR2009090103836.html?sid=ST2009090103944

Note: the gun he bought was $275, the balance was license fees, courses, and transfer fees, not to mention the need to have the guns ballistics recorded by the DC police.

Much different from NM where there's only the NICS check (if buying from one of the many state dealers) and the cost of the gun.

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Here, zero checks or fees if doing a private purchase (My normal choice) and ten minutes and NICS check, five dollar fee I think, and you're on your way.