Warning: D.C. cops under orders to arrest tourists with empty bullet casings | Mobile Washington Examiner

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As you can see DC cops under orders to arrest people with empty bullet casings. And you thought nj was bad.

In her newly debuted book about the difficulty getting a gun in Washington, known for tough anti-gun laws, D.C. Police provided Miller with a copy of a recent "roll call" advisory that tells cops to overlook spent casings in the cars and trucks of city residents who have their gun registration certificate with them when detained, despite the law.

 

It's saying not to arrest, still stupid though

This was posted on a DC area gun forum i frequent. An actual DC officer said that they have specifically been told  not to arrest out of town people for spent casings.

Who carries spent casings around with them? Stupid either way.

You never know. I find 9 and 22lr casings every where.

Empty 22 cases seem to find a home between the treads of my boots all the time

My range bag (just a converted laptop bag) always has spent casings in it.....The first few times i went to the range by myself i left it open on the ground in my cubicle right about where i was ejecting them...damn thing had more spent rounds than good ones in it!  lol

It doesnt matter if its stupid or not to carry empty brass, what in the hell is the rationality for making it illegal?!?!?!?!

Who carries spent casings around with them? Stupid either way.

Some people make jewelry out of them. Inert large caliber rounds are also fairly popular as "mirror hangers" on the rear view of the car/truck. In some places its a ticket for obstructed view, for anything hanging from the mirror, but certainly not an actual "crime" worthy of arrest.

 

It doesnt matter if its stupid or not to carry empty brass, what in the hell is the rationality for making it illegal?!?!?!?!

To make gun ownership as difficult as they possibly can, hoping that the risk of arrest for mere accidental possession of an empty bullet shell/casing will scare the "casual" owners away from gun ownership.

 

This was posted on a DC area gun forum i frequent. An actual DC officer said that they have specifically been told  not to arrest out of town people for spent casings.

Do you mean that you personally were told this by a DC officer, or that this is what you are "getting" from the article? Because, the article clearly states the opposite. DC residents, with the "proper papers" will be giving a free-pass, even if they are technically breaking the law. TOURISTS, and others without their "papers", ARE supposed to be arrested; at least according to the article linked in the OP.

 

 

In any case, how can an inert, inherently non-dangerous or weapon-like small piece of metal/plastic (shot shell) be classified as a weapon? How could this actually "hold up" in court?

Not really any different than having a hollow-point projectile ((like an 'open tip match' Sierra MatchKing bullet), just the projectile, not even an entire round, inert or not) outside of the exemptions here in the Glorious PRNJ.

"Empty shell casings are considered ammunition in Washington, D.C."  I knew DC was a swamp full of total idiots, but this has got to take the cake.  How is a spent casing any different than any other small piece of metal, like say a penny?  Each is just about as dangerous as the other.