David Gregory gets off Scott-Free
NBC's David Gregory Won't Be Charged For Showing Ammo Magazine
by Avie Schneider
January 11, 2013 7:55 PM
Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/...-ammo-magazine
When NBC News' David Gregory displayed what he said was a high-capacity ammunition magazine on Meet the Press last month, it prompted Washington, D.C., law enforcement officials to investigate whether he had broken a city law.
As Mark reported Dec. 26, D.C.'s official code says in part: "No person in the District shall possess, sell, or transfer any large capacity ammunition feeding device regardless of whether the device is attached to a firearm."
But on Friday, D.C. prosecutors announced that Gregory would not be arrested or charged with a crime.
As The Washington Post reported:"D.C. attorney general Irvin B. Nathan announced his decision Friday afternoon by
releasing a letter to an attorney for NBC. Nathan wrote that though the device Gregory held up 'meets the definition' of the criminal statute, he wrote that prosecution 'would not promote public safety in the District of Columbia nor serve the best interests of the people of the District to whom this office owes its trust."
The Associated Press noted that Nathan said there were other legal ways to prove the point and that "there is no doubt of the gravity of the illegal conduct in this matter, especially in a city and a nation that have been plagued by carnage from gun violence." He said it was a "very close decision" to not bring charges.
Gregory picked up and showed the magazine during his conversation with the National Rifle Association's Wayne LaPierre. Gregory asked LaPierre whether it's possible that mass shootings such as the one in Newtown, Conn., could be prevented if such high-capacity magazines were made illegal. LaPierre said such a ban would do no good because determined killers would find other ways to carry out such attacks.
Re: David Gregory gets off Scott-Free
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Bailey Guns
Had to send my own letter the DC OAG:
Now that your office has decided not to prosecute David Gregory for violating the law on possessing a "high capacity ammunition feeding device" under the auspices of the First Amendment I'm assuming any non-liberal who chooses to exercise their free-speech rights in the District by posing with a similar magazine won't be prosecuted either? I mean, free speech and all...should apply to everyone, right? So I'll expect not to be arrested and charged when I stand in front of the White House with my 30-round magazine and exercise my free-speech rights against further government restrictions of my Second Amendment rights.
So please forward a letter to me forthwith (address below) authorizing such a demonstration with said magazine to be in my possession. I'd like to strike while the First Amendment iron is hot, if you know what I mean.
The blatant hypocrisy shown in this decision is further proof that the ruling class in this country is subject to an entirely different set of laws than the average citizen. This decision flies in the face of District law and is obviously a politically partisan one that will never be applied to someone who isn't politically connected and on the politically correct side of the gun-ban issue.
You are a disgrace to the office you hold.
Sincerely,
Carl XXXXX
PO Box XX
Bailey CO 80421
720-XXX-XXXX
Excellent letter!!!
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