Speaking of DC
The paper uses the term loophole to describe the law:
For the next three years, as many as 15 D.C. residents will enjoy a right denied their neighbors – the right to own recently banned semiautomatic weapons.
A discrepancy between D.C. laws approved last year enabled the residents to register semiautomatic firearms now listed as illegal in the nation’s capital. D.C. Attorney General Peter J. Nickles said roughly 15 weapons registered in the city “sit in this zone of uncertainty.”
The city’s statutes now state residents must register their guns every three years.
Some enterprising lawyer has three years to build one hell of a gun rights case.
