The District of Columbia prohibits the possession, sale or other transfer of any large capacity ammunition feeding device, regardless of whether the device is attached to a firearm.¹ “Large capacity ammunition feeding device” is defined as a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device that has a capacity of, or that can be readily restored or converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of ammunition.²

Except in certain narrow circumstances, the District’s Metropolitan Police Department is prohibited from transferring any ammunition feeding device in its possession to any person or entity other than a law enforcement officer or governmental agency for law enforcement purposes.³

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1. D.C. Code Ann. § 7-2506.01(b).[↩]
2. Id. The term “large capacity ammunition feeding device” does not include an attached tubular device designed to accept, and capable of operating only with,.22 caliber rimfire ammunition.[↩]
3. D.C. Code Ann. § 5-133.16.[↩]