Individuals wishing to register a firearm in the District of Columbia must complete a Firearms Statement of Eligiblity Form. This statement of eligibility verifies the following requirements:
- Must be 21 years of age or older (18-21 with the authorization or a parent or guardian)
- Not convicted of a weapons offense, or a felony in any jurisdiction (including a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year).
- Not under indictment for a crime of violence or a weapons offense.
- Not convicted within the past five years for narcotics or dangerous drug offense, a threat to do bodily harm, or for assault.
- Not acquitted of any criminal charge by reason of insanity or adjudicated a chronic alcoholic by any court within the past five years.
- Not voluntarily or involuntarily committed to any mental hospital or institution within the past five years.
- Not suffer from any physical defect that would make it unsafe for you to possess and use a firearm safely and responsibly.
- Not found negligent in any firearm related mishap causing death or injury to another person.
- Not convicted of a misdemeanor intrafamily offense.
- Not dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Armed Forces.
- Not a citizen of the United States who has renounced his or her citizenship.
- Not legally blind.
- Not convicted of two or more violations for driving under the influence within the past five years.
- Not the subject of a civil protection order within the past five years.
- Not convicted of Stalking within the past five years.
- Not convicted of negligent storage of a firearm or a violation of the Firearms Registration Act within the past five years.
- Not had a history of violent behavior within the past five years.
- Has completed firearms training provided free of charge by the Metropolitan Police Department.