From: Crump, Gwendolyn (MPD)
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 2:25 PM
Subject: Law Enacted Clarifying Firearms Registration Renewal Requirements
Contact: Gwendolyn Crump 202-727-4383
March 20, 2012
Law Enacted Clarifying Firearms Registration Renewal Requirements
(Washington, DC)- On Sunday, March 18, 2012, Mayor Vincent C. Gray signed the Firearms Registration Renewal Amendment Emergency Act of 2012. This amendment to the firearms registration law makes clear that no resident with a lawfully registered firearm will be required to renew the firearms registration before January 1, 2014. No valid firearms registration will expire before 2014.
The Council of the District of Columbia will be voting on broad parameters of the new registration system in April. Once these are approved, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) will develop the systems and processes for registration renewal. In 2013, MPD will publish detailed regulations to inform current firearms registrants how they will be able to renew their registration beginning in 2014.
Gwendolyn Crump
Director, Office of Communications
Metropolitan Police Department
300 Indiana Avenue, NW, Room 5130
Washington, DC 20001
202-727-9346 desk
202-727-4383 main
202-553-8741 cell
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