2001:
District of Columbia - � 22-4514.
Possession of certain dangerous weapons prohibited; exceptions.
(a) No person shall within the District of Columbia possess any machine gun,
sawed-off shotgun, or any instrument or weapon of the kind commonly known as a
blackjack, slungshot, sand club, sandbag, switchblade knife, or metal knuckles,
nor any instrument, attachment, or appliance for causing the firing of any
firearm to be silent or intended to lessen or muffle the noise of the firing of
any firearms; provided, however, that machine guns, or sawed-off shotguns, and
blackjacks may be possessed by the members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or
Marine Corps of the United States, the National Guard, or Organized Reserves
when on duty, the Post Office Department or its employees when on duty,
marshals, sheriffs, prison or jail wardens, or their deputies, policemen, or
other duly-appointed law enforcement officers, including any designated
civilian employee of the Metropolitan Police Department, or officers or
employees of the United States duly authorized to carry such weapons, banking
institutions, public carriers who are engaged in the business of transporting
mail, money, securities, or other valuables, wholesale dealers and retail
dealers licensed under � 22-4510.
(b) No person shall within the District of Columbia possess, with intent to
use unlawfully against another, an imitation pistol, or a dagger, dirk, razor,
stiletto, or knife with a blade longer than 3 inches, or other dangerous
weapon.
(c) Whoever violates this section shall be punished as provided in � 22-4515
unless the violation occurs after such person has been convicted in the
District of Columbia of a violation of this section, or of a felony, either in
the District of Columbia or in another jurisdiction, in which case such person
shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years.
1996:
District of Columbia - 22-3214. (a) No person shall within
the District of Columbia possess any... switchblade
knife...
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