District of Columbia Code
Title 22 - Criminal Offenses and Penalties
Chapter 45 - Weapons and Possession of Weapons

§ 22–4501. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) "Bump...

§ 22–4502. Additional penalty for committing crime when armed - (a) Any person who commits a crime of violence, or...

§ 22–4502.01. Gun free zones; enhanced penalty - (a) All areas within, 1000 feet of an appropriately identified...

§ 22–4503. Unlawful possession of firearm - (a) No person shall own or keep a firearm, or...

§ 22–4503.01. Unlawful discharge of a firearm - Except as otherwise permitted by law, including legitimate self-defense, no...

§ 22–4503.02. Prohibition of firearms from public or private property - (a) The District of Columbia may prohibit or restrict the...

§ 22–4504. Carrying concealed weapons; possession of weapons during commission of crime of violence; penalty - (a) No person shall carry within the District of Columbia...

§ 22–4504.01. Authority to carry firearm in certain places and for certain purposes - Notwithstanding any other law, a person holding a valid registration...

§ 22–4504.02. Lawful transportation of firearms - (a) Any person who is not otherwise prohibited by the...

§ 22–4505. Exceptions to § 22-4504 - (a) The provisions of §§ 22-4504(a) and 22-4504(a-1) shall not...

§ 22–4506. Issue of a license to carry a pistol - (a) The Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (“Chief”) may,...

§ 22–4507. Certain sales of pistols prohibited - No person shall within the District of Columbia sell any...

§ 22–4508. Transfers of firearms regulated - No seller shall within the District of Columbia deliver a...

§ 22–4509. Dealers of weapons to be licensed - No retail dealer shall within the District of Columbia sell...

§ 22–4510. Licenses of weapons dealers; records; by whom granted; conditions - (a) The Mayor of the District of Columbia may, in...

§ 22–4511. False information in purchase of weapons prohibited - No person shall, in purchasing a pistol or in applying...

§ 22–4512. Alteration of identifying marks of weapons prohibited - No person shall within the District of Columbia change, alter,...

§ 22–4513. Exceptions - Except as provided in § 22-4502, § 22-4504(b), and §...

§ 22–4514. Possession of certain dangerous weapons prohibited; exceptions - (a) No person shall within the District of Columbia possess...

§ 22–4515. Penalties - Any violation of any provision of this chapter for which...

§ 22–4515a. Manufacture, transfer, use, possession, or transportation of Molotov cocktails, or other explosives for unlawful purposes, prohibited; definitions; penalties - (a) No person shall within the District of Columbia manufacture,...

§ 22–4516. Severability - If any part of this chapter is for any reason...

§ 22–4517. Dangerous articles; definition; taking and destruction; procedure - (a) As used in this section, the term “dangerous article”...