SEC. 10. PROHIBITIONS OF FIREARMS FROM PRIVATE AND 
SENSITIVE PUBLIC PROPERTY. 
The Act of July 8, 1932 (sec. 22–4501 et seq., D.C. 
Official Code), is amended by inserting after section 3 the 
following new section: 
‘‘PROHIBITIONS OF FIREARMS FROM PRIVATE AND 
SENSITIVE PUBLIC PROPERTY 
‘‘SEC. 3A. (a) Private persons or entities owning 
property in the District of Columbia may prohibit or re-
strict the possession of firearms on their property by any 
persons, other than law enforcement personnel when law-
fully authorized to enter onto the property or lessees occu-
pying residential or business premises. 
‘‘(b) The District of Columbia may prohibit or re-
strict the possession of firearms within any building or 
structure under its control, or in any area of such building 
or structure, which has implemented security measures 
(including but not limited to guard posts, metal detection 
devices, x-ray or other scanning devices, or card-based or 
biometric access devices) to identify and exclude unauthor-
ized or hazardous persons or articles, except that no such 
prohibition or restriction may apply to lessees occupying 
residential or business premises.’’. 
SEC. 11. REGULATING THE CARRYING OF FIREARMS. 
(a) CARRYING RIFLES OR SHOTGUNS.—Section 4 of 
the Act of July 8, 1932 (sec. 22–4504, D.C. Official 
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Code), is amended by inserting after subsection (a) the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(a–1) Except as otherwise permitted by law, no per-
son shall carry within the District of Columbia a rifle or 
shotgun. A person who violates this subsection shall be 
subject, as applicable, to the criminal penalties set forth 
in section 15 and paragraph (2) of subsection (a).’’. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO CARRY FIREARM IN CERTAIN 
PLACES AND FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES; LAWFUL TRANS-
PORTATION OF FIREARMS.—The Act of July 8, 1932 (sec. 
22–4501 et seq., D.C. Official Code), is amended by in-
serting after section 4 the following new sections: 
‘‘AUTHORITY TO CARRY FIREARM IN CERTAIN PLACES 
AND FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES 
‘‘SEC. 4A. Notwithstanding any other law, a person 
not otherwise prohibited by law from shipping, trans-
porting, possessing, or receiving a firearm may carry such 
firearm, whether loaded or unloaded— 
‘‘(1) in the person’s dwelling house or place of 
business or on land owned or lawfully possessed by 
the person; 
‘‘(2) by invitation on land owned or lawfully 
possessed by another; 
‘‘(3) while it is being used for lawful rec-
reational, sporting, educational, or training pur-
poses; or 
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‘‘(4) while it is being transported for a lawful 
purpose as expressly authorized by District or Fed-
eral law and in accordance with the requirements of 
that law. 
‘‘LAWFUL TRANSPORTATION OF FIREARMS 
‘‘SEC. 4B. (a) Any person who is not otherwise pro-
hibited by law from shipping, transporting, possessing, or 
receiving a firearm shall be permitted to transport a fire-
arm for any lawful purpose from any place where he may 
lawfully possess the firearm to any other place where he 
may lawfully possess the firearm if the firearm is trans-
ported in accordance with this section. 
‘‘(b)(1) If the transportation of the firearm is by a 
vehicle, the firearm shall be unloaded, and neither the fire-
arm nor any ammunition being transported shall be read-
ily accessible or directly accessible from the passenger 
compartment of the transporting vehicle. 
‘‘(2) If the transporting vehicle does not have a com-
partment separate from the driver’s compartment, the 
firearm or ammunition shall be contained in a locked con-
tainer other than the glove compartment or console, and 
the firearm shall be unloaded. 
‘‘(c) If the transportation of the firearm is in a man-
ner other than in a vehicle, the firearm shall be— 
‘‘(1) unloaded; 
‘‘(2) inside a locked container; and 
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‘‘(3) separate from any ammunition.’’. 
(c) EXCEPTIONS TO RESTRICTIONS ON CARRYING 
CONCEALED WEAPONS.—Section 5 of such Act (sec. 22– 
4505, D.C. Official Code) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘pistol un-
loaded and in a secure wrapper from’’ and inserting 
‘‘firearm, transported in accordance with section 4b, 
from’’; and 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘pistol’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘firearm’’. 
SEC. 12. INCLUDING TOY AND ANTIQUE PISTOLS IN PROHI-
BITION AGAINST USING AN IMITATION FIRE-
ARM TO COMMIT A VIOLENT OR DANGEROUS 
CRIME. 
Section 13 of the Act of July 8, 1932 (sec. 22–4513, 
D.C. Official Code), is amended by striking ‘‘section 2 and 
section 14(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 2, 4(b), and 14(b)’’. 
SEC. 13. PROVIDING JURISDICTION TO OFFICE OF ADMIN-
ISTRATIVE HEARINGS TO HEAR CASES PER-
TAINING TO DENIAL OR REVOCATION OF 
FIREARM DEALER LICENSES. 
Section 6 of the Office of Administrative Hearings 
Establishment Act of 2001 (D.C. Law 14–76; sec. 2– 
1831.03, D.C. Official Code) is amended by inserting after 
subsection (b–1) the following new subsection: 
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‘‘(b–2) In addition to those adjudicated cases listed 
in subsections (a), (b), and (b–1), this Act shall apply to 
all adjudicated cases involving the denial or revocation of 
a dealer license pursuant to section 406 of the Firearms 
Control Regulations Act of 1975.’’. 
SEC. 14. REPEALS OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ACTS. 
Effective on the day before the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Firearms Registration Amendment Act of 
2008 (D.C. Law 17–372) and the Inoperable Pistol 
Amendment Act of 2008 (D.C. Law 17–388) are repealed, 
and any provision of law amended or repealed by either 
of such Acts is restored or revived as if such Acts had 
not been enacted into law. 
SEC. 15. SEVERABILITY. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if 
any provision of this Act, or any amendment made by this 
Act, or the application of such provision or amendment 
to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitu-
tional, the other provisions of this Act and any other 
amendments made by this Act, and the application of such 
provision or amendment to other persons or cir-
cumstances, shall not be affected thereby. 
Æ 
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