This is an well written piece by Emily Miller of the Washington Times. It shows how the District of Columbia is doing all it can to "chill" the exercise of the Second Amendment.
For the first time in the United States, a citizen who has legally
registered a gun will have to submit to a renewal process. The
consequences of not knowing about this new law or missing the specific
60-day window are dire.
Starting on Jan. 2, every single D.C.
resident who has registered a firearm since 1976 must go to police
headquarters to pay a $48 fee and be photographed and fingerprinted. The
Metropolitan Police Department estimates there are at least 30,000 registered gun owners.
If the registrant does not go to the police station within three
months after a set time frame, the registration is revoked. That citizen
is then in possession of an unregistered firearm, which is a felony
that carries a maximum penalty of a $1,000 fine and a year in jail.
The
gun itself is put into a category of weapons that can never be
registered, just as though it were a machine gun or a sawed-off shotgun.
The
city has not made clear how it will enforce the law, but the police are
in possession of all registrants’ home addresses so confiscation and
arrests would be simple.
More here
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