Update.
Monday I went to DC Metro PD Headquarters and went to the CCW/Gun Registration Unit and turned in my application with my completed training certificate. There was a small office with a door to the hallway and a "half door" countertop for handing the documents and signing in.
There were 4 chairs in the hallway and one person ahead of me (from MD I heard him say) waiting. After I signed in and handed over the paperwork I waited for about 10 min while the 2 officers in the office were working with the first guy.
They called me up, said everything looked great and had entered my name into the computer. They handed me two disclosure authorizations to sign and gave me a voucher to take to the cashier down the hall.
They asked me if I had any (gun) registration forms to submit, which I didn't (more on that later). I went down to the cashier, paid $110 by Amex and got a receipt ($75 license fee, $35 fingerprint fee).
I went and waited about 15 minutes at an office where they were doing prints. Lots of DC residents coming in for DC Public School job background checks and prints, and to get federal print cards filled out for federal jobs. They took me to a scanner and took my prints electronically, presumably to be filed away with the about 500 other copies of my prints that governments at various levels have collected from me since I joined the Navy at 17. The Fed cards were done with ink and handed back to the applicants.
I went from the fingerprint section to a photo section where they took a head shot and had me sign a electronic pad.
Then back to the gun registration unit with my receipts. The guy behind the counter asked if I had any gun registration forms for any guns that I would carry/have in the District. I said no because I needed to copy the serial numbers from my two pistols and they are back in Texas. He said, well you get one registration free with the CCW application and after that they are $13.00 a gun and last for 3 years.
You absolutely can not legally POSSESS or carry an unregistered firearm or ammunition in DC. This is a felony in their criminal code. If you possess any ammunition it must be of a caliber for one of your registered firearms. The guy gave me a blank form and said to bring back with my receipt next week (when I come back to DC for work) and I would get the first registration free. I'm not sure, but I think they print the registration card out for you right there.
On the form it has an area for the gun store that you purchase the gun from to fill out if you are a DC resident. Since there are NO stocking gun stores in DC, you go to Maryland or Virginia, pick your gun, pay, and have them ship to the ONE FFL in all of the District that does transfers. When you take it back to the DC MPD, they give you the card and you take it to the FFL and he transfers the gun to you on the 4473 after you show him the registration card.
For me since I already own the gun and am not a DC resident, I only fill out the Manufacturer, Model, Caliber, Barrel length and Serial #. They officer told me be sure you only carry 10 round or less magazines if your gun accepts bigger ones. SInce I'm registering a Beretta 92SF that I bought in 1998, it came with 2-10rd standard. Of course, I've bought about new 15 rd factory mags since 2004 when the federal AWB expired. But anyway I thought it was positive that they reminded me.
He also said you have to fill out the section that says where you will store the gun. Even if you have a CCW, they want you to say it will be locked up when you are not present. I had already thought of this while reviewing the form and I told him I would either keep it in a quick access safe at home in Texas, in the room safe in my hotel in DC, or on my person when legal with my CCW. He said that's what they want on the form. Again the guy was forthcoming in telling me how to fill out the form. Since I've never registered any non-NFA gun that I've ever owned, this is new to me.
At the end the guy said, its at least a 90 day process (i.e. even if you pass the background they basically hold it to the 90th day...he shook my hand and said..."Good luck, see you next week for the free registration."
So I'm now in the (DC) waiting room....should we start a thread?
I guarantee once I get the permit, I am going to walk across the Key Bridge from Rosslyn, VA to Georgetown, then along the Potomac to 14th street then up 14th to Pennsylvania Ave., maybe find a Walgreens and do a Wal-gree walk and then back to VA. Note I'll be staying South of Constitution Ave along the Potomac until I get East of 15th street because of the following:
Prohibited Areas
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12.The area around the White House ( between Constitution Ave. and H St. and between 15th St. and 17th St. NW)
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). Since his firm provides private security throughout DC, he focused on defensive shooting and justification.