§ 7-2531.03. Exemptions.

Current through October 23, 2012

(a) No firearm originally distributed to a law enforcement agency or a law enforcement officer shall provide the basis for liability under this unit.

(b) No 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.

(c) No 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.

(d) No 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.

                
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(June 11, 1992, D.C. Law 9-115, § 4, 39 DCR 3182.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 6-2383.

Legislative History of Laws

For legislative history of D.C. Law 9-115, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 7-2531.01.

Miscellaneous Notes

Application of Law 9-115: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 7- 2531.01.