>In DC you are not allowed to have live ammo if you don’t have a registered gun to match.
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>For souvenirs, pick up some spent ammo. Also you have that paper target too that you can keep.

Stop giving advice. Spent Ammo is EXACT same crime as unregistered ammo in DC.

I am chill, You on the other head are recommending committing a crime that DC prosecutes. Including a single spent shotgun shell or single spent centerfire brass.

Spent casing is unregistered ammo in DC and prosecuted.

You obviously don't know the law so don't tell people to chill out while you are recommending that a visitor who doesn't know DC gun laws breaks one.

Anyone you tick off. One of the more well know case it was an estranged wife. How do you think DC has found peopel with a single spent casing, and prosecuted them, as it has?

a few points:

1. Do this with an instructor. you are going to have some difficulty arriving alone, having never rented a gun at the range you go to, and renting. Most ranges are reticent to rent to a first-time visitor to a range due to people renting and committing suicide right inside the range.

2. Also if not concurrent with a lesson from an instructor you almost certainly will be yanked off firing line and thrown out of range once you make a mistake in handing/range rules. There is a very low tolerance for mistakes inside a range. simply being a bit excited and moving the muzzle anywhere but downrange will get you grabbed and thrown out by the range safety officer in most ranges.

3. ) NRA range doesn't rent firearms. So that is pointless to go there without your own firearm. I recommend any of the close in ranges in Va, that allow in premise rentals. "sniper" type setups are going to be outdoors for long range shooting, and outdoor ranges tend not to rent.

4. If you are coming for a couple of days, and/or since Sweden looks to be visa waiver your visa situation is probably ok. But a lot of people don't know that in fact if you come in on a student visa you can't possesses a firearm in the US. so triple check your visa type.

5. Do NOT keep any souvenir ammo. Constituent parts to ammo, including spent/fired brass are a crime to possess in DC if you are not a DC registered firearm owner -- and a crime that is prosecuted. constituent parts are also controlled in a lot of European countries as well.

"Spent ammo" "souvenirs" are a serious crime in DC as well. Only registered firearms owners in DC are allowed to possess constituent parts to ammo. And spent brass, as it can be reloaded, is a crime to possess in DC. peopel in DC, committing no other crime, have been prosecuted for spent shotgun casings.