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62coltnavy · March 31, 2014, 12:03 AM

The rounds for which he was convicted were .45 caliber solid copper hollow points sold by Knight. They are used with a sabot. The technicality in this case is that the D.C. law specifies that you may have ammunition, including components, only for weapons registered in the City. His muzzleloader, being an antique firearm exempt from the registration law, was not registered in the City. Therefore he possessed hollow point bullets for an unregistered firearm. The judged was obviously confused, and I am pretty sure thought the whole thing was baloney, hence the minimal fine and sentence to registration on the gun offenders registry--which also eliminated, I believe, his right to own any firearm.

March 31, 2014, 12:03 AM	#12
62coltnavy Senior Member Join Date: February 1, 2011 Posts: 356	The rounds for which he was convicted were .45 caliber solid copper hollow points sold by Knight. They are used with a sabot. The technicality in this case is that the D.C. law specifies that you may have ammunition, including components, only for weapons registered in the City. His muzzleloader, being an antique firearm exempt from the registration law, was not registered in the City. Therefore he possessed hollow point bullets for an unregistered firearm. The judged was obviously confused, and I am pretty sure thought the whole thing was baloney, hence the minimal fine and sentence to registration on the gun offenders registry--which also eliminated, I believe, his right to own any firearm.