{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-2531.03","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 7-2531.03","heading":"Exemptions.","body":"(a)\nNo firearm originally distributed to a law enforcement agency or a law enforcement officer shall provide the basis for liability under this unit.\n\n(b)\nNo action may be brought pursuant to this unit by a person who can be shown by a preponderance of the evidence to have committed a self-inflicted injury or by a person injured by a firearm while committing a crime, attempting to commit a crime, engaged in criminal activity, or engaged in a delinquent act.\n\n(c)\nNo action may be brought pursuant to this unit by a person who can be shown by a preponderance of the evidence to be engaged in the sale or distribution of illegal narcotics.\n\n(d)\nNo action may be brought pursuant to this unit by a person who either: (1) assumed the risk of the injury that occurred; or (2) negligently contributed to the injury that occurred.","path":["Title 7. Human Health Care and Safety.","Chapter 25. Firearms Control."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/7-2531.03","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"79f063846730be642f26f6535ab62a1b7e38ceedd0581f8719860e32e82e171c","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-2531.02","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-2531.04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}