District of Columbia Code
Chapter 45 - Weapons and Possession of Weapons
§ 22–4509. Dealers of weapons to be licensed

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 District of Columbia, sell, or have in his or her possession with intent to sell, to any person other than a licensed dealer, any pistol, machine gun, sawed-off shotgun, or blackjack.
(July 8, 1932, 47 Stat. 652, ch. 465, § 9; May 21, 1994, D.C. Law 10-119, § 15(h), 41 DCR 1639.)
1981 Ed., § 22-3209.
1973 Ed., § 22-3209.
This section is referenced in § 22-4510.

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District of Columbia Code

Title 22 - Criminal Offenses and Penalties

Chapter 45 - Weapons and Possession of Weapons

§ 22–4501. Definitions

§ 22–4502. Additional penalty for committing crime when armed

§ 22–4502.01. Gun free zones; enhanced penalty

§ 22–4503. Unlawful possession of firearm

§ 22–4503.01. Unlawful discharge of a firearm

§ 22–4503.02. Prohibition of firearms from public or private property

§ 22–4504. Carrying concealed weapons; possession of weapons during commission of crime of violence; penalty

§ 22–4504.01. Authority to carry firearm in certain places and for certain purposes

§ 22–4504.02. Lawful transportation of firearms

§ 22–4505. Exceptions to § 22-4504

§ 22–4506. Issue of a license to carry a pistol

§ 22–4507. Certain sales of pistols prohibited

§ 22–4508. Transfers of firearms regulated

§ 22–4509. Dealers of weapons to be licensed

§ 22–4510. Licenses of weapons dealers; records; by whom granted; conditions

§ 22–4511. False information in purchase of weapons prohibited

§ 22–4512. Alteration of identifying marks of weapons prohibited

§ 22–4513. Exceptions

§ 22–4514. Possession of certain dangerous weapons prohibited; exceptions

§ 22–4515. Penalties

§ 22–4515a. Manufacture, transfer, use, possession, or transportation of Molotov cocktails, or other explosives for unlawful purposes, prohibited; definitions; penalties

§ 22–4516. Severability

§ 22–4517. Dangerous articles; definition; taking and destruction; procedure