unregistered shell

[Trei, Peter]

> Major Variola (ret)[SMTP:mv at cdc.gov]
> 
> At 12:29 AM 6/10/03 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote:
> >At 09:48 AM 06/09/2003 -0700, Major Variola (ret.) wrote:
> >>the Capitol because it had a gasoline container strapped to its roof.
> 
> But the real point is that ammo has to be registered.  Amazing.
> I found an old, live cartridge in the desert last weekend, tossed it in
> the car.  What if I lived near DC instead of SoCal?
> 
Actually, ammunition is not registered as such, but in DC you
are only allowed to possess ammunition suitable for one of your
DC-registered firearms. This applies even to spent cartridge 
cases.

If this guy didn't own a DC-registered shotgun of the same 
gauge as the shell found, then he's in violation. The car
had California plates, so it seems plausible that he was 
a non-resident.

Peter Trei