r/DCGuns • u/progozhinswig • 6d ago

DC carry map

Just got my permit today after a two month wait. Not bad as I also registered 4 guns along with it. Does anyone know of or have a map that shows all the boundaries for prohibited places in DC? Aware of all the restrictions around bars, restaurants that serve alcohol, schools and such. However I am confused about what they consider to be capitol grounds. Like where does that actually begin? Also are we barred from carrying into the memorials on the mall or the mall entirely. I have heard many people give conflicting answers to both of these.

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u/dcisfunky 6d ago

You can carry in restaurants that serve alcohol. You cannot drink.

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u/progozhinswig 6d ago

Any premises, or portion thereof, where alcohol is served, or sold and consumed on the premises, pursuant to a license issued under Title 25; provided, that this prohibition shall not apply to premises operating under a temporary license issued pursuant to § 25-115, a C/R, D/R, C/H, D/H or caterer license issued pursuant to § 25-113, or premises with small-sample tasting permits issued pursuant to § 25-118, unless otherwise prohibited pursuant to subsection (b)(3) of this section;

Seems like it’s pretty clear you can’t unless the business is operating under a temp license.

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u/dcisfunky 6d ago

I don’t agree with that. A hotel is an establishment that serves alcohol. No carrying in hotels? No way.

Also restaurants? You can carry but not in the bar area.

If I have that wrong I’d like to know.

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u/progozhinswig 6d ago

What I just posted is literally copy and pasted from DC code.

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u/dcisfunky 5d ago

…this prohibition shall NOT apply to premises operating under a temporary license issued pursuant to § 25-115;

a C/R, D/R, C/H, D/H; (<——KEY PHRASE HERE)

or caterer license issued pursuant to § 25-113;

C/R, D/R, C/H, D/H are types of restaurants (carry allowed)

C/T, D/T, C/N, D/N are bars and nightclubs (carry not allowed)

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u/progozhinswig 5d ago

Hmm. This is really interesting. It seems MPD is being intentionally vague about this to convince people that all restaurants that serve alcohol are no gos.

“Any premises where alcohol is served, sold and consumed on the premises (pursuant to license issued under Title 25 of D.C. Code)” - is want MPD says on there list of prohibited locations they have on their website.

But yeah it seems the code specifically exempts Hotels and restaurants. The only tricky thing is it doesn’t exempt taverns and I think some places we normally think of as a sit down restaurant might operate under a tavern’s license and it would be hard to tell the difference.

“ABCA issues licenses to taverns in the District. A tavern is generally defined as an establishment that:

Serves food and alcoholic beverages

Plays recorded or background music

Possesses a dance floor not to exceed 140 square feet without an entertainment endorsement”

Those first two requirements could encompass a lot of restaurants. I’m not sure however if the third one is saying it has to have a dance floor to count as a tavern or it simply cannot have a dance floor that is too large but can still be a tavern without one.

But thanks for pointing that out man. It seems everyone I have talked to on this has been wrong, including some people who should know better.

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u/dcisfunky 5d ago

All good man! As others on here will tell you, the MPD aren’t lawyers and their policies aren’t law. The law is the law. That website the MPD has is pretty bogus and isn’t the law.

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u/dcisfunky 5d ago

There is an Excel spreadsheet you can download from ABCA that labels each venue by license. So you can know for sure.

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u/dcisfunky 5d ago

https://abca.dc.gov/page/current-alcohol-license-holders

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u/Kanly_Atreides 4d ago

That's a nice find.

You can also use DC Scout to lookup by address or name what license they are operating under. You do have to make an account to use it though.

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u/Skinny_que 6d ago

Here’s a map of all the federal territory you’re not allowed to carry in fed map dc

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u/dcisfunky 6d ago

You can carry in those areas, you just have to be passing through. No stopping. Commuting, for instance.

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u/Skinny_que 6d ago

He asked about going “into” the areas like visiting not “passing through” for travel

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u/dcisfunky 6d ago

Stopping: no Passing through: OK

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u/Carabaos 6d ago

Move to Virginia man

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u/progozhinswig 6d ago

I live in VA. I’m just in DC basically every other day.

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u/R0hanisaurusRex 5d ago

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