At the same time as I trudge through the Washington, D.C. bureaucracy in my attempt to get a legal handgun for self defense, I need to learn how to safely operate and shoot a gun. Published October 31 2011
Herman Cain is a gun owner and strong supporter of the right to keep and bear arms. I plan to ask all the GOP presidential candidates about their commitment to the issue for my series, "Emily Gets Her Gun," but here's what the front-runner in both of the most recent polls from CBS/New York Times and Fox News had to say. Published October 28 2011
The right to keep and bear arms only applies to certain people in the nation's capital. One of the 17 steps that I still have in order to register a gun in Washington, D.C. is filing out a “Statement of Eligibility”. The form contains 10 yes-or-no questions intended to weed out those ineligible to legally have a gun in the city. Published October 17 2011
My quest to get a legal handgun in Washington, D.C. feels daunting. I’ve been overwhelmed by all that is required before I can take legal possession of a purchased gun. I needed to get organized, so I made a checklist of the required steps, bringing order to the complicated mess of instructions given by the city. I’m going to work my way down this list: Published October 14 2011
You can’t just go out and legally buy a gun in the nation’s capital. And if you buy a gun out-of-state or on the Internet, you can’t ship it to yourself the city or drive it over the Potomac river. In the 21-page packet of papers given to potential gun owners from the Firearm Registration Section, there is not a single word to explain how to bring a purchased gun into the city after registering it. The one clue the police will provide is a Xerox copy of Charles Sykes’s business card stapled to the registration form. Published October 11 2011
Senior Editor Emily Miller was interviewed by NRA News about The Washington Times' series "Emily Gets Her Gun." Published October 10 2011
The D.C. Gun Registry office is not where you go for help getting a legal gun; it’s where you go to get more confused by bureaucracy. Published October 6 2011
“Emily gets her gun” is a new series following senior editor Emily Miller as she legally tries to get her hands on a gun in the nation’s capital. You can also follow her live tweets from inside the city bureaucracy at Twitter.com/EmilyMiller. Published October 5 2011
