Sec. 5. Repeal registration requirement and authorize ammunition sales
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Section 201(a) of the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 (sec. 7–2502.01(a), D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking any firearm, unless and all that follows through paragraph
(3)and inserting the following: any firearm described in subsection (c). . Section 201 of such Act (sec. 7–2502.01, D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: A firearm described in this subsection is any of the following: A sawed-off shotgun. A machine gun. A short-barreled rifle. . The heading of section 201 of such Act (sec. 7–2502.01, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking Registration requirements and inserting Firearm Possession . The Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 is amended as follows: Sections 202 through 211 (secs. 7–2502.02 through 7–2502.11, D.C. Official Code) are repealed. Section 101 (sec. 7–2501.01, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking paragraph (13). Section 401 (sec. 7–2504.01, D.C. Official Code) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking the District; and all that follows and inserting the following: the District, except that a person may engage in hand loading, reloading, or custom loading of ammunition for firearms lawfully possessed under this Act. ; and in subsection (b), by striking which are unregisterable under section 202 and inserting which are prohibited under section 201 . Section 402 (sec. 7–2504.02, D.C. Official Code) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking Any person eligible to register a firearm and all that follows through such business, and inserting the following: Any person not otherwise prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm under Federal or District law, or from being licensed under ; and section 923 of title 18, United States Code, in subsection (b), by amending paragraph
(1)to read as follows: The applicant’s name; . Section 403(b) (sec. 7–2504.03(b), D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking registration certificate and inserting dealer’s license . Section 404(a)(3) (sec. 7–2504.04(a)(3)), D.C. Official Code) is amended— in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking registration certificate number (if any) of the firearm, ; in subparagraph (B)(iv), by striking holding the registration certificate and inserting from whom it was received for repair ; in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking and registration certificate number (if any) of the firearm ; in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking registration certificate number or ; and by striking subparagraphs
(D)and (E). Section 406(c) (sec. 7–2504.06(c), D.C. Official Code) is amended to read as follows: Within 45 days of a decision becoming effective which is unfavorable to a licensee or to an applicant for a dealer’s license, the licensee or application shall— lawfully remove from the District all destructive devices in his inventory, or peaceably surrender to the Chief all destructive devices in his inventory in the manner provided in section 705; and lawfully dispose, to himself or to another, any firearms and ammunition in his inventory. . Section 407(b) (sec. 7–2504.07(b), D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking would not be eligible and all that follows and inserting is prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm under Federal or District law. . Section 502 (sec. 7–2505.02, D.C. Official Code) is amended— by amending subsection
(a)to read as follows: Any person or organization not prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm under Federal or District law may sell or otherwise transfer ammunition or any firearm, except those which are prohibited under section 201, to a licensed dealer. ; in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: Ammunition, excluding restricted pistol bullets, to any person not otherwise prohibited from possessing or receiving ammunition. ; by amending subsection
(c)to read as follows: Any dealer licensed under the provisions of this Act may sell or otherwise transfer a firearm to any person or organization not otherwise prohibited from possessing or receiving such firearm under Federal or District law. In the case of a sale or transfer of a handgun to a resident of the District of Columbia, a federally licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer of firearms in Maryland or Virginia shall be treated as a dealer licensed under the provisions of this Act for purposes of the previous sentence, notwithstanding section 922(b)(3) of title 18, United States Code, if the transferee meets in person with the transferor to accomplish the transfer, and the sale, delivery, and receipt fully comply with the legal conditions of sale in both the District of Columbia and the jurisdiction in which the transfer occurs. ; by striking subsection (d); and by striking subsection (e). Section 704 (sec. 7–2507.04, D.C. Official Code) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking any registration certificate or and inserting a ; and in subsection (b), by striking registration certificate, . Section 2(4) of the Illegal Firearm Sale and Distribution Strict Liability Act of 1992 (sec. 7–2531.01(4), D.C. Official Code) is amended— in subparagraph (A), by striking or ignoring proof of the purchaser’s residence in the District of Columbia ; and in subparagraph (B), by striking registration and .