DC residents can start applying for gun permits
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Associated Press
Published: July 17, 2008
WASHINGTON - Police in the District of Columbia are set to begin registering residents for handguns Thursday now that the district’s 32-year-old ban has been lifted.
Besides obtaining paperwork to buy new handguns, residents also can register firearms they’ve had illegally under a 180-day amnesty period.
It comes after the District of Columbia Council approved new firearms legislation Tuesday and as officials try to comply with last month’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down the city’s ban on handguns.
Though residents will be allowed to begin applying for handgun permits, city officials have said the entire process could take weeks or months.
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