The District of Columbia deems .50 BMG rifles unregisterable, thereby prohibiting possession of these firearms.¹ Unregisterable firearms cannot be sold or transferred in the District.²

 See our Fifty Caliber Rifles policy summary for a comprehensive discussion of this issue. 

1. D.C. Code Ann. § 7-2502.02(a)(7).[↩]
2. D.C. Code Ann. §§ 7-2505.01, 7-2505.02(a).[↩]