Title 22, Criminal Offenses and Penalties.

(a) Except as otherwise permitted by law, including legitimate self-defense, no firearm shall be discharged or set off in the District of Columbia without a special written permit from the Chief of Police issued pursuant to Section 1 of Article 9 of the Police Regulations of the …

(a) The District of Columbia may prohibit or restrict the possession of firearms on its property and any property under its control. (b) Private persons or entities owning property in the District of Columbia may prohibit or restrict the possession of firearms on their property; …

(a) A person commits endangerment with a firearm when the person: (1) Knowingly discharges a projectile from a firearm outside a licensed firing range; and (2) Either: (A) The person knows that the discharged projectile creates a substantial risk of death or bodily injury to anot…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly discard, throw, or deposit any loaded or unloaded firearm or ammunition in a place other than the person's dwelling place, place of business, or on other land possessed by the person. (b) Subsection (a) of this section shall no…

(a) No person shall carry within the District of Columbia either openly or concealed on or about their person, a pistol, without a license issued pursuant to District of Columbia law, or any deadly or dangerous weapon. Whoever violates this section shall be punished as provided i…

Notwithstanding any other law, a person holding a valid registration for a firearm may carry the firearm: (1) Within the registrant’s home; (2) While it is being used for lawful recreational purposes; (3) While it is kept at the registrant’s place of business; or (4) While it is …

(a) A person may not transport a firearm unless the person: (1) Is not otherwise prohibited by law from transporting, shipping, or receiving the firearm; (2) Is transporting the firearm for a lawful purpose from a place where the person may lawfully possess and carry the firearm …

(a) The provisions of § 22-4504(a), as they pertain to a pistol, and (a-1), shall not apply to: (1) A person engaged in the business of manufacturing, repairing, or dealing in firearms, or their agents, employees, and representatives, who possess, carry, or use a pistol in the or…

(a) Notwithstanding § 22-4505 or any other law, no off-duty law enforcement officer shall carry any firearm, openly or concealed, in the following locations or under the following circumstances: (1) A building or office occupied by the government of the District of Columbia, its …

(a) The Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (“Chief”) may, upon the application of a person having a bona fide residence or place of business within the District of Columbia, or of a person having a bona fide residence or place of business within the United States and a l…

No person shall within the District of Columbia sell any pistol to a person who he or she has reasonable cause to believe is not of sound mind, or is forbidden by § 22-4503 to possess a pistol [now “firearm”], or, except when the relation of parent and child or guardian and ward …

No seller shall within the District of Columbia deliver a firearm to the purchaser thereof until 10 days shall have elapsed from the date of the purchase thereof, except in the case of sales to marshals, sheriffs, prison or jail wardens or their deputies, policemen, or other duly…

No retail dealer shall within the District of Columbia sell or expose for sale or have in his or her possession with intent to sell, any pistol, machine gun, sawed-off shotgun, or blackjack without being licensed as provided in § 22-4510. No wholesale dealer shall, within the Dis…

(a) The Mayor of the District of Columbia may, in his or her discretion, grant licenses and may prescribe the form thereof, effective for not more than 1 year from date of issue, permitting the licensee to sell pistols, machine guns, sawed-off shotguns, and blackjacks at retail w…

No person shall, in purchasing a pistol or in applying for a license to carry the same, or in purchasing a machine gun, sawed-off shotgun, or blackjack within the District of Columbia, give false information or offer false evidence of his or her identity.

No person shall within the District of Columbia change, alter, remove, or obliterate the name of the maker, model, manufacturer’s number, or other mark or identification on any pistol, machine gun, or sawed-off shotgun. Possession of any pistol, machine gun, or sawed-off shotgun …

Except as provided in § 22-4502, § 22-4504(b), and § 22-4514(b), this chapter shall not apply to toy or antique pistols unsuitable for use as firearms.

(a) No person shall within the District of Columbia possess any item that is, in fact, a machine gun, sawed-off shotgun, bump stock, ghost gun, knuckles, or any instrument or weapon of the kind commonly known as a blackjack, slungshot, sand club, sandbag, switchblade knife, nor a…

Any violation of any provision of this chapter for which no penalty is specifically provided shall be punished by a fine of not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both.

(a) No person shall within the District of Columbia manufacture, transfer, use, possess, or transport a molotov cocktail. As used in this subsection, the term “molotov cocktail” means: (1) a breakable container containing flammable liquid and having a wick or a similar device cap…

If any part of this chapter is for any reason declared void, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter.

(a) As used in this section, the term “dangerous article” means: (1) Any weapon such as a pistol, machine gun, sawed-off shotgun, blackjack, slingshot, sandbag, or metal knuckles; or (2) Any instrument, attachment, or appliance for causing the firing of any firearms to be silent …