Heller Rejected in DC

[WatchManUSA]

I just read Marshall's blog concerning today's first day or gun registration in DC. 

"But when he [Heller] tried to register his semi-automatic weapon, he says he was rejected. He says his gun has seven bullet clip. Heller says the City Council legislation allows weapons with fewer than eleven bullets in the clip. A spokesman for the DC Police says the gun was a bottom-loading weapon, and according to their interpretation, all bottom-loading guns are outlawed because they are grouped with machine guns."

I guess DC wants to end up in court again.  We have to elect someone other that BHO so we don't get a 5-4 Supreme Court to the liberal side.

Good Luck!

[gunman1911]

I wonder what thier PD carries ? Revolvers or machine guns? Or is it a case of "Oh its Heller"?

[twyacht]

I think a collective "we told ya so" is in order. Those on this forum KNOW how the game is played. After the ruling the rejoice was short lived, because we knew what came next.

The anti gun ilk is not going down easily on this one,.........

[Dakotaranger]

Those horrible 7 round machine guns .  He should have known better than go in with a 100 yr old technology

[Ocin]

I took a look at the video in Marshals blog. That city council member said that DC would comply with the ruling, but as I understand from that video clip guns have still to be unloaded, dismantled or trigger locked where as the ruling specifically mentioned that handguns should be allowed to be ready for use.

Or am I mistaken?

Ocin

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[WatchManUSA]

I just heard that Heller showed up at DC police HQ with his gun today (7/18) to get it registered.  It was noted that he rode on the DC Metro with his gun.  There were no details yet on what the gun was nor the outcome.  Perhaps more details will become available later.

[WatchManUSA]

Quoted from the Baltimore Sun today (7/18)

The man who successfully challenged D.C.'s handgun ban has returned to police headquarters to register a weapon.

Dick Heller arrived this morning carrying a 22-caliber pistol in a bright red bag. He was greeted by a throng of media and proclaimed: "It's a great day."

Heller initially tried to register one of his guns yesterday but didn't bring it with him out of concern he wouldn't be legally allowed to transport it from Maryland. Police assured him that it was OK.

Police said today they would fingerprint Heller and run a background check before approving his registration, in accordance with new regulations. They also will conduct a ballistics test on the weapon.

[twyacht]

Ballistic tests? Are you kidding me? One more bureaucratic pile of gov. BS that is getting too thick. For a .22 pistol?  Good God Man, if I would have walked in with a Super Redhawk, it would have been a Kodak moment.... let alone a Desert Eagle,..50. What a bunch of crap out of DC.


As Popeye said;  " I ams digustipated".

[Mr.45]

I agree. This "balistics test" sounds like another "good idea" from our winey diaper-wearing democraps. It sounds like that failed serial number imprint system on spent cases. Where will the ignorence lead law abiding people next? And as for "machine guns" what in the world are these people thinking? We all know that their police force caries pistols with far greater capacities than 7 rounds.......Why would THEY need "machine guns" in a supposed "gun free city?" Makes the same sense as pushing your car to work every day to me.

[WatchManUSA]

Here is that latest update on Dick Heller's gun registration in DC last week.

From the Washington Times - Saturday, July 19, 2008:

Dick Anthony Heller finally got his gun.

The registration of his revolver is not complete, but D.C. police Friday allowed the man who successfully challenged the District's gun ban to take the weapon home pending the required background investigation.

Mr. Heller brought his nine-shot, .22-caliber Harrington and Richardson revolver Friday to Metropolitan Police headquarters to begin the registration process — which included filling out forms and submitting the gun for ballistics testing.

Six applicants including Mr. Heller have brought in guns since Thursday, the first day residents were able to begin registering firearms under new city laws. The D.C. Council adopted emergency legislation Tuesday to comply with the Supreme Court's decision three weeks ago striking down the weapons ban. A legal battle Mr. Heller began four years ago culminated in the landmark ruling.

"My first reaction is we shouldn't have had to be here in the first place," said the 66-year-old security guard. "But since we're operating under that constraint, it's a great feeling to be returning to a state of normalcy when it comes to being able to defend your life and your household."

He already owned the revolver he brought in Friday, among other weapons, but said he has kept them at a friend's house in Maryland. Mr. Heller did not bring any weapons to police headquarters Thursday, and instead asked for public assurance he would not be prosecuted when he did.

The first to seek to register a gun was a third-generation Washingtonian who identified herself only as Amy and said the gun was given to her as a gift about six years ago.

Police said only 104 residents have requested applications since Thursday, though long lines were anticipated.

Five prospective gun owners have submitted weapons for ballistics tests and one application has been denied, police said. Four of them applied under a six-month amnesty program for residents who kept an unregistered handgun in their homes while the gun ban was in effect.

The registration fee is $13 per gun, plus $35 for fingerprinting and $12 for ballistics testing.

God bless Amy and her handgun!