No Brass Allowed In DC

[mrjarrell]

Forget you have used brass or shot shells in your vehicle and drive through DC and you're toast. Spent brass is illegal to have, unless you're a licensed DC resident. So, if you drive up there make sure you have no brass on you.

Warning: D.C. cops under orders to arrest tourists with empty bullet casings | WashingtonExaminer.com

 

[drillsgt]

I haven't seen things this ridiculous coming out of the Onion! The DC cops will do it too.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Pffft, I just wear my David Gregory mask when I am in DC. Last time I walked around with a suppressed Steyr AUG, a 1911 and a M240B in the trunk. Cops never even looked at me.

 

[dwh79]

Actually this has been around for a long time. I always have to be very careful double checking my car when I go to town for work.

 

[M&P 9 Shootist]

It's pretty bad when I don't even consider Washington D.C. part of the USA anymore. As far as I'm concerned, any city that does not abide by the U.S. Constitution and our Bill of Rights is a foreign country that I will NEVER be going to.

 

[87iroc]

Taxation w/o representation. I always crack up at those license plates when we go to OBX and I see the DC folks down there.

Why crack up? Because someone got them to authorize those plates.

 

[BogWalker]

Uhhhh how exactly does this happen and why would it cause any problems? "He's got a piece of metal; get him!" There really isn't much you can do with a spent piece of brass. What, are the gangs now smuggling reloading supplies? I guess ammo is expensive for them too.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

DC, somewhere between Kalifornia and North Korea on the Kraziness scale...

 

[spirit390]

Wow thanks for the heads up. Leaving tomorrow to go see my son who lives in that ***** hole place. Gonna have to double no triple check the car now!

 

[.452browning]

That is just plain old fashion stupid.

 

[indyjack]

It's pretty bad when I don't even consider Washington D.C. part of the USA anymore. As far as I'm concerned, any city that does not abide by the U.S. Constitution and our Bill of Rights is a foreign country that I will NEVER be going to.

that's pretty much what DC is...

 

[bingley]

I always have a good time visiting Washington, DC. I really like the Air and Space Museum. There is a surprisingly large number of guns in the Native American Museum, given the museum's narrative of the Indian's loss of their lands. That was the best part of the museum, but I guess guns didn't help them much against the US Cavalry. I also like the Lincoln Memorial a lot, but there are a lot of loud, rude tourists there who don't seem to know how to behave at a memorial, a place for commemorating the dead. It's very moving to visit these sites commemorating our national sacrifices. I also had some pretty good food. The train system there is pretty convenient, which is good because driving is such a pain in DC.

Yeah, I wish I could carry there in case I ran into a bad guy, but I couldn't. I'm a law-abiding citizen, not a bad guy. Fortunately I never ran into a bad guy there, thanks to some modest portions of street smarts.

 

[Redtbird]

WoW! I guess this covers having a fake round as an ornament on your key chain. Yup! A person armed with a spent round is very dangerous!
He just might... ah! Never mind!

 

[jamil]

Uhhhh how exactly does this happen and why would it cause any problems? "He's got a piece of metal; get him!" There really isn't much you can do with a spent piece of brass. What, are the gangs now smuggling reloading supplies? I guess ammo is expensive for them too.

Apparently, posessing a spent round must be evidence that at some point you or an associate committed the utterly wicked act of discharging a firearm...somewhere.

 

[cosermann]

The zipper on my pants is made of brass.

My saxophone is made of brass.

My bosun's whistle is made of brass.

All threatening to varying degrees.

 

[Magneto]

I refuse to go there ever again.

 

[MisterChester]

One of the times where I have felt least safest is on the streets of DC. I went there on a trip back in 05 and the only thing I can say is do NOT walk outside in public after sunset unless you are in front of one of the major government buildings there. On a half-hour walk I was approached by two crackheads and more homeless people to count. Never again.

 

[indiucky]

Pffft, I just wear my David Gregory mask when I am in DC.

Kirk,

If that was you at our house last Halloween in your David Gregory mask...Uh...Well..You didn't try to eat the "Baby Ruth" bar did you? If so...Sorry...

 

[gunman41mag]

I have a keychain that has a 9MM hanging from it

 

[El-Cigarro]

Sweet Jesus......