Unregistered Ammunition

[Ben]

This is like the fourth or fifth time that I've seen someone arrested and charged for "unregistered ammunition". I think they have all been in the DC vicinity, but given this admin's gun control push, I wonder how long it will be before anyone can be arrested for "unregistered ammunition" anywhere? Not that a lot of states won't fight something like that, but a lot of others won't.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/man-arrested-outside-vp-harris-residence-with-rifle-ammunition-dc-police-say

[T.O.M.]

Just looked up D C laws.  Section 7-2506.01 makes it illegal to possess ammunition unless the possessor is a registered forearm owner.  Looks like it's the owner that is registered, not the ammo.

[Perd Hapley]

Just looked up D C laws.  Section 7-2506.01 makes it illegal to possess ammunition unless the possessor is a registered forearm owner.  Looks like it's the owner that is registered, not the ammo.

Sounds like the kind of mistake journos make all the time. They write stories about people having "registered" guns, when there's no registration in that state. I assume they just mean to say the gun is legally owned, or the owner has a carry permit.

[WLJ]

We're had reporters here report that a gun was unregistered despite the fact Ky has never had any sort of registration.  Think they just use the term thinking they're spicing  up the story a bit. Ooooh, it was an unregistered gun.

[kgbsquirrel]

We're had reporters here report that a gun was unregistered despite the fact Ky has never had any sort of registration.  Think they just use the term thinking they're spicing  up the story a bit. Ooooh, it was an unregistered gun.

They do not think that; the purpose of that is to slowly socially engineer the ignorant into assuming registrations are normal and ubiquitous.  It is not stupid or ignorant, it is insidious and purposeful.

[WLJ]

They do not think that; the purpose of that is to slowly socially engineer the ignorant into assuming registrations are normal and ubiquitous.  It is not stupid or ignorant, it is insidious and purposeful.

Depends on the reporter, yes there are those where it is no doubt as you say "insidious and purposeful" but I think most are just that flat out ignorant and just parrot what they're told to parrot. Most aren't hired for their brains.

[kgbsquirrel]

Depends on the reporter, yes there are those where it is no doubt as you say "insidious and purposeful" but I think most are just that flat out ignorant and just parrot what they're told to parrot. Most aren't hired for their brains.

Still applies to whoever wrote that propaganda for the brainless talking head.

[Boomhauer]

We're had reporters here report that a gun was unregistered despite the fact Ky has never had any sort of registration.  Think they just use the term thinking they're spicing  up the story a bit. Ooooh, it was an unregistered gun.

A large portion of the general public thinks guns have to be registered with the police. It is the #1 misconception I encounter when discussing firearm ownership.

[kgbsquirrel]

A large portion of the general public thinks guns have to be registered with the police. It is the #1 misconception I encounter when discussing firearm ownership.

I had a policeman in Colorado repeatedly ask if my pistol was registered.  I had to explain to him that Colorado not only doesn't have a registration but is in fact explicitly prohibited by law from having any registration.  The engineering is damn near ubiquitous.

[MechAg94]

A large portion of the general public thinks guns have to be registered with the police. It is the #1 misconception I encounter when discussing firearm ownership.

I have run into that as well with a non-gun owner.  The main one I remember was thinking of getting one and just had questions.

[WLJ]

I had a policeman in Colorado repeatedly ask if my pistol was registered.  I had to explain to him that Colorado not only doesn't have a registration but is in fact explicitly prohibited by law from having any registration.  The engineering is damn near ubiquitous.

Had a friend of mine get stopped and his gun checked, the cop then wanted to arrest him for having HP ammo in his gun. It took two other cops showing up and nearly 30 minutes of arguing to clear it up. Ky has no rules on type of ammo except when it comes to hunting. 

[WLJ]

A large portion of the general public thinks guns have to be registered with the police. It is the #1 misconception I encounter when discussing firearm ownership.

I think a lot of that comes from TV where 99% of the police dramas are based in LA or NYC. When I used to watch a lot of such shows it came up a lot. Most  non gun people would more than likely think that some form of registration is the norm from such shows. I think the writers of such shows often use it as a lazy convenient plot device

[castle key]

In the District of Columbia, the charge specifically addresses unregistered ammunition. Interestingly, I have never heard of any way to actually register ammunition in DC....

[Ben]

I understand and agree regarding "unregistered handgun". This has been an ubiquitous term used just as much in areas where there is no registration as in areas where there is. I suppose because most MSM reporters come from big cities and states where there is registration, they simply assume registration is the norm. As does Hollywood in most every crime drama they make.

The OP was because "unregistered ammunition" is a term I haven't heard until the last year or so.  I can't help but think "propaganda" given all the other crap going on right now to silence, restrict, and ban.

And as Castle Key posted, it appears to be a real thing in DC.

[Perd Hapley]

You wouldn't think the entertainment/news/disinformation media complex would be able to spread two conflicting fictions at the same time. On the one hand, all weapons and ammunition must be registered in every state in the union. On the other hand, the U.S. has no gun control at all, and toddlers can buy Mk 19s more easily than they can buy racist Dr. Seuss books. You wouldn't think they could tell both lies at once, and have people still believe them.

You'd be wrong.

[Ron]

You wouldn't think the entertainment/news/disinformation media complex would be able to spread two conflicting fictions at the same time. On the one hand, all weapons and ammunition must be registered in every state in the union. On the other hand, the U.S. has no gun control at all, and toddlers can buy Mk 19s more easily than they can buy racist Dr. Seuss books. You wouldn't think they could tell both lies at once, and have people still believe them.

You'd be wrong.

Confusion, cognitive dissonance and uncertainty make folks more persuadable.

We don't have an organic culture any longer, we have a multi trillion $ psychological operation being imposed from above by "experts" and so called "scientists".

 

[WLJ]

Confusion, cognitive dissonance and uncertainty make folks more persuadable.

We don't have an organic culture any longer, we have a multi trillion $ psychological operation being imposed from above by "experts" and so called "scientists".

 

The melting pot has been turned into a can of mixed nuts