Title 7, Human Health Care and Safety.

(a) An authorized entity that acquires and provides or administers epinephrine auto-injectors shall submit to the Department, on a form developed by the Department, a report of each incident on the authorized entity's premises that involves the provision or administration of an e…

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this subchapter.

In the interest of preventing nuclear war, reversing the economic impact of weapons spending, and safeguarding District of Columbia residents, and recognizing that civil defense cannot provide protection from nuclear destruction, it is by the electors declared the public policy o…

Within 30 days of March 17, 1983, the Mayor shall propose to Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the President the immediate negotiation with the Soviet Union of a permanent, mutual freeze on the testing, production, and further deployment of all nucle…

(a) There is established an Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement ("ONSE"). The ONSE shall include the following programs: (1) The Family and Survivor Support Services Program, which shall be transferred to the ONSE from the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and…

(a) The duties of the Executive Director shall include: (1) Identifying individuals who pose a high risk of participating in, or being a victim of, violent crime; (2) Recruiting such individuals, as feasible, to participate in programs incorporating mental or behavioral health co…

(a) There is established as a special fund the Neighborhood Safety and Engagement Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Mayor in accordance with subsection (c) of this section. (b) Funds from the following sources shall be deposited into the Fund: (1) Repealed. (2) Al…

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, may issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter.

(a) To support initiatives, programs, and interventions that aim to prevent, interrupt, or respond to violence in the District, the Mayor may: (1) Issue housing vouchers, financial assistance for housing, housing counseling, and other supportive services to individuals and famili…

(a) As used in this unit the term: (1) “Acts of Congress” means: (A) Chapter 45 of Title 22; (B) Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended (title VII, Unlawful Possession or Receipt of Firearms (82 Stat. 1236; 18 U.S.C. Appendix)); and (C) An Act to Amend Tit…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this unit, no person or organization in the District of Columbia (“District”) shall receive, possess, control, transfer, offer for sale, sell, give, or deliver any destructive device, and no person or organization in the District shall possess …

(a) A registration certificate shall not be issued for a: (1) Sawed-off shotgun; (2) Machine gun; (3) Short-barreled rifle; (4) Pistol not validly registered to the current registrant in the District prior to September 24, 1976, except that the prohibition on registering a pistol…

(a) No registration certificate shall be issued to any person (and in the case of a person between the ages of 18 and 21, to the person and the person's signatory parent or guardian) or organization unless the Chief determines that such person (or the president or chief executive…

(a) The Chief shall require any person applying for a registration certificate to be fingerprinted in order to conduct an efficient and adequate investigation into the matters described in § 7-2502.03 and to effectuate the purposes of this unit. The Chief shall maintain a record …

(a) Each applicant (the president or chief executive in the case of an organization) shall sign an oath or affirmation attesting to the truth of all the information required by § 7-2502.03 or § 7-2502.07a. (b) Each application required by this subchapter shall be accompanied by a…

(a) An application for a registration certificate shall be filed (and a registration certificate issued) prior to taking possession of a firearm from a licensed dealer or from any person or organization holding a registration certificate therefor. In all other cases, an applicati…

(a) Upon receipt of a properly executed application for registration certificate, the Chief, upon determining through inquiry, investigation, or otherwise, that the applicant is entitled and qualified under the provisions of this unit, thereto, shall issue a registration certific…

(a) Registration certificates shall expire 3 years after the date of issuance unless renewed in accordance with this section for subsequent 3-year periods. (b) A registrant shall be eligible for renewal of registration of a firearm if the registrant continues to meet all of the i…

(a) Each person or organization holding a registration certificate (for purposes of this section, “registrant”) shall: (1) Notify the Chief in writing of the loss, theft, or destruction of the registration certificate or of a registered firearm (including the circumstances, if kn…

(a) A registration certificate shall be revoked if: (1) Any of the criteria in § 7-2502.03(a) are not currently met; (2) The registered firearm has become an unregisterable firearm under the terms of § 7-2502.02, or a destructive device; or (3) The information furnished to the Ch…

(a) If it appears to the Chief that an application for a registration certificate should be denied or that a registration certificate should be revoked, the Chief shall notify the applicant or registrant of the proposed denial or revocation, briefly stating the reason or reasons …

No information obtained from a person under this subchapter or retained by a person in order to comply with any section of this subchapter, shall be used as evidence against such person in any criminal proceeding with respect to a violation of this unit, occurring prior to or con…

Any record regarding a person who has applied for, received, or had revoked any registration issued pursuant to this subchapter shall not be made available as a public record under § 2-532.

For the purposes of §§ 7-2502.12 through 7-2502.14, the term: “Self-defense spray” means a mixture of a lacrimator including chloroacetophenone, alphacloracetophenone, phenylchloromethylketone, orthochlorobenazalm-alononitrile or oleoresin capsicum.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 7-2501.01(7)(C), a person may possess and use a self-defense spray in the exercise of reasonable force in defense of the person or the person’s property only if it is propelled from an aerosol container, labeled with or accompanied by clear…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, a person may transfer, offer for sale, sell, give, or deliver a self-defense spray to another person in the District for the purposes set forth in § 7-2502.13; provided, that the self-defense spray is propelled from an aeros…

(a) No person under 18 years of age shall possess a stun gun in the District; provided, that brief possession for self-defense in response to an immediate threat of harm shall not be a violation of this subsection. (b) No person who possesses a stun gun shall use that weapon exce…

(a) In order to lawfully sell a stun gun in the District, a vendor shall obtain pursuant to § 47-2851.03 a stun gun endorsement on its basic business license from the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs ("Department") on a form to be provided by the Department. (b) This…

(a) The executor or administrator of an estate containing a firearm shall notify the Chief of the death of the decedent within 30 days of his appointment or qualification, whichever is earlier. (b) Until the lawful distribution of such firearm to an heir or legatee or the lawful …

(a) No person or organization shall engage in the business of manufacturing any firearm, destructive device or parts thereof, or ammunition, within the District; provided, that: (1) Nothing in this section shall preclude persons not otherwise prohibited from possessing firearms f…

(a) Any person eligible to register a firearm under this unit and who, if a registrant, has not previously failed to perform any of the duties imposed by this unit; and, any person eligible under the acts of Congress to engage in such business, may obtain a dealer’s license, or a…

(a) Upon receipt of a properly executed application for a dealer’s license, or renewal thereof, the Chief, upon determining through further inquiry, investigation, or otherwise, that the applicant is entitled and qualified under the provisions of this unit thereto, shall issue a …

(a) Each person holding a dealer’s license, in addition to any other requirements imposed by this unit, the acts of Congress, and other law, shall: (1) Display the dealer’s license in a conspicuous place on the premises; (2) Notify the Chief in writing: (A) Of the loss, theft, or…

A dealer’s license shall be revoked if: (1) Any of the criteria in § 7-2504.04 is not currently met; (2) The information furnished to the Chief on the application for a dealer’s license proves to be intentionally false; (3) There is a violation or omission of the duties, obligati…

(a) If it appears to the Chief that an application for a dealer’s license should be denied or that a dealer’s license should be revoked, the Chief shall notify the applicant or registrant of the proposed denial or revocation briefly stating the reason or reasons therefor. Service…

(a) No licensed dealer shall display any firearm or ammunition in windows visible from a street or sidewalk. All firearms, destructive devices, and ammunition shall be kept at all times in a securely locked place affixed to the premises except when being shown to a customer, bein…

(a) No person or organization shall sell or offer for sale any firearm, including a frame or receiver, which does not have imbedded into the metal portion of such firearm a unique manufacturer’s identification number or serial number, unless the licensee shall have imbedded into …

No information obtained from or retained by a licensed dealer to comply with this unit shall be used as evidence against such licensed dealer in any criminal proceeding with respect to a violation of this unit occurring prior to or concurrently with the filing of such information…

(a) Whenever there is no active federal firearms licensee in the District of Columbia, the Mayor may seek from federal authorities a license for the District to act as a federal firearms licensee solely for the benefit of any District resident eligible and seeking to obtain a law…

No person or organization shall sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any firearm, destructive device, ghost gun, or ammunition in the District except as provided in § 7-2502.10(c), § 7-2505.02, § 7-2507.05, § 7-2510.07, or § 7-2510.09.

(a) Any person or organization eligible to register a firearm may sell or otherwise transfer ammunition or any firearm, except those which are unregisterable under § 7-2502.02, to a licensed dealer. (b) Any licensed dealer may sell or otherwise transfer: (1) Ammunition, excluding…

(a) For the purposes of the section, the term: (1) “Firearms dealer” means a person or organization possessing a dealer’s license under authority of subchapter IV of this chapter. (2) “Manufacturer” means any person in business to manufacture or assemble a firearm, for sale or di…

(a) Except as provided in subsections (c), (d), or (e) of this section, beginning January 1, 2009, a pistol that is not on the California Roster of Handguns Certified for Sale, (also known as the California Roster of Handguns Determined Not to be Unsafe), pursuant to California P…

(a) No person shall possess ammunition in the District of Columbia unless: (1) He is a licensed dealer pursuant to subchapter IV of this unit; (2) He is an officer, agent, or employee of the District of Columbia or the United States of America, on duty and acting within the scope…

(a) No firearm, destructive device, or ammunition shall be security for, or be taken or received by way of any mortgage, deposit, pledge, or pawn. (b) No person may loan, borrow, give, or rent to or from another person, any firearm, destructive device, or ammunition.

(a) It shall be the policy of the District of Columbia that each registrant should keep any firearm in his or her possession unloaded and either disassembled or secured by a trigger lock, gun safe, locked box, or other secure device. (b) No person shall store or keep any firearm …