2309.1 The entry of a judgment or consent order or decree of negligence in any civil suit concerning the discharge of a firearm resulting in death or serious injury to a human being without regard to the filing of criminal charges, or the finding by a coroner of negligent homicide, shall be considered an adjudication of negligence to establish the disqualifier in §203 (a)(8) of the Act.

2309.2 Serious injury shall be deemed to have occurred where the victim remains in a hospital in excess of forty-eight (48) hours.

2309.3 The existence of a record described in §2307.1 showing a conviction which makes a person ineligible to possess a pistol under D.C. Code §22-3203 (1981), shall establish that the person is disqualified from possessing a rifle or shotgun under §203(a)(9) of the Act.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 23 DCR 8942 (May 6, 1977), incorporating text of the Proposed Rulemaking published at 23 DCR 7061, 7069 (March 4, 1977); 35 DCRR §306, November 1980, Special Edition.