District of Columbia Firearm Freedom Act

(a) Repeal of registration system. The District may not require the registration of any privately owned firearm. Any provision of District law, regulation, rule, or policy requiring registration of a firearm, conditioning lawful possession on registration, or imposing any penalty for failure to register a firearm is hereby repealed and shall have no force or effect.

(b) Conforming repeal and premption. Any District provision that—

(1) establishes or authorizes a registry of firearms;

(2) requires a registration certificate, registration card, or proof of registration;

(3) makes lawful possession, transport, storage, use, purchase, sale, transfer, carrying, or receipt of a firearm contingent upon registration; or

(4) authorizes seizure, forfeiture, or arrest solely for a registration-related violation, is preempted and may not be enforced.

(c) Prohibition on alternative registration schemes. The District may not establish or maintain any system that, in purpose or effect, functions as a firearm registration requirement, including any requirement to report or record firearm identifying information as a precondition to lawful possession, purchase, transfer, transport, or carrying, except to the extent such information is collected by a Federal firearms licensee as required under Federal law.

(d) Records and data

(1) Cessation of collection. Beginning on the effective date of this Act, the District may not accept, process, or require any registration application, registration renewal, or registration amendment for any firearm.

(2) Disposition of existing records. Not later than 180 days after the effective date of this Act, the District shall destroy each firearm registration record in the possession of the District, including database entries, paper records, and electronic files, except records that are evidence in a pending criminal prosecution or are required to be retained by Federal law.

(3) No use for enforcement. No firearm registration record possessed by the District on or after the effective date of this Act may be used as a basis for probable cause, reasonable suspicion, or any adverse action against any person.

(e) Rule of construction. Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter Federal background check requirements under section 922(t) of title 18, United States Code, or Federal prohibitions on possession by prohibited persons under section 922(g) of title 18, United States Code.