False information in purchase of weapons prohibited

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No person shall, in purchasing a pistol or in applying for a license to carry the same, or in purchasing a machine gun, sawed-off shotgun, or blackjack within the District of Columbia, give false information or offer false evidence of his or her identity.

(July 8, 1932, 47 Stat. 653, ch. 465, § 11; May 21, 1994, D.C. Law 10-119,§ 15(j), 41 DCR 1639.)

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 22-3211.

1973 Ed., § 22-3211.


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