The Volokh Conspiracy - The First Successful Handgun Registrant Under New D.C. Regime:

The Examiner reports:

Amy McVey didn't seem like the typical D.C. gun owner, at least not to the reporters who stood outside the Metropolitan Police Department on Thursday, the first day handguns could be registered in the District after the city's 32-year ban.

"They looked at me and thought, 'She doesn't fit the profile of someone coming in with a gun,' so they left me alone and I walked right past them," said McVey, who was the first and only person to register a handgun Thursday when she entered the station with her Ruger .357 Magnum in a blue plastic bag around 1 p.m....

Among the 58 people who visited the police department to inquire about the registration or apply for a permit, McVey was the only one to complete the process....

Thanks to Dan Gifford for the pointer.

	[Eugene Volokh, July 21, 2008 at 1:03pm] Trackbacks The First Successful Handgun Registrant Under New D.C. Regime: The Examiner reports: Amy McVey didn't seem like the typical D.C. gun owner, at least not to the reporters who stood outside the Metropolitan Police Department on Thursday, the first day handguns could be registered in the District after the city's 32-year ban. "They looked at me and thought, 'She doesn't fit the profile of someone coming in with a gun,' so they left me alone and I walked right past them," said McVey, who was the first and only person to register a handgun Thursday when she entered the station with her Ruger .357 Magnum in a blue plastic bag around 1 p.m.... Among the 58 people who visited the police department to inquire about the registration or apply for a permit, McVey was the only one to complete the process.... Thanks to Dan Gifford for the pointer.