Did TV Anchor Violate Gun Law?

[Sdiver]

Oh, I'd say he did, according to D.C. law.
.... and NBC will just sweep it under the rug as they did with Bob Costas and his SNF comments. :rolleyes:

Washington police are investigating whether NBC's David Gregory broke the law by holding up what appeared to be a 30-round gun magazine on Sunday's Meet the Press despite being denied permission by police to bring the weaponry on the show.

It is illegal in the district to possess a "large capacity ammunition feeding device."

Gwendolyn Crump, director of the Office of Communications for the Washington Metropolitan Police Department, told ABC News, "NBC contacted MPD inquiring if they could utilize a high capacity magazine for their segment. NBC was informed that possession of a high capacity magazine is not permissible and their request was denied. This matter is currently being investigated."

Another Washington DC police officer and spokesperson Tisha Gant said the situation was "being investigated," but would give no other details including what exactly is under investigation.

A section in the D.C. criminal code says "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." The section stipulates that "the term large capacity ammunition feeding device means a magazine," or similar devices.

Gregory held up what looked like a 30-bullet gun magazine when interviewing the National Rifle Association's executive vice president and CEO Wayne LaPierre on Sunday. Gregory pressed the NRA head on whether fewer children would have been killed during the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting on Dec. 14th if the shooter had access to less ammunition.

Since the interview, conservative media and gun rights activists said that Gregory appeared to have violated the district's gun law. Police subsquently confirmed they were investigating.

NBC News declined to comment through a spokesperson.

ABC News' George Sanchez and Steven Portnoy contributed to this report.


http://news.yahoo.com/dc-cops-investigating-whether-nbcs-gregory-violated-gun-170426968--abc-news-politics.html

[The Reaper]

Oh, I'd say he did, according to D.C. law.
.... and NBC will just sweep it under the rug as they did with Bob Costas and his SNF comments. :rolleyes:

Yes, he did commit a felony.

And no, as a member of the liberal media elite, he will not be punished.

TR

[JimP]

"He's got a real purty mouth...."

I suspect Mr Gregory will not fare well in Gen Pop. Maybe we can send him some soap on a rope; some KY and some rubber sheets. Can we take up a collection to have his front teeth removed before he gets to the "big house" and "Bubba" knocks his front 'teefs' out with a broom handle?

[chance]

What would have been epic, is if NRA Chief Wayne LaPierre had busted dumb@ss out on the fact that he (David Gregory) was breaking the law by being in possession of said magazine during their debate.

[TacOfficer]

I really appreciate that this "Journalist" proposes news gun control legislation and shows just how effective these laws are in the practical simultaneously. Then soon enough he will demonstrate how the judiciary administers current law.

[PedOncoDoc]

The Conn shooting and this incident both point out how ineffective gun laws really are.

Yup...laws can't fix stupid and don't stop evil...

The news anchor and the Connecticut mass killing are perfect examples, respectively.

[BigJimCalhoun]

Yes, he did commit a felony.

And no, as a member of the liberal media elite, he will not be punished.

TR

Right again sir.
http://www.pagunblog.com/2012/12/26/media-pulling-strings-with-administration-officials/

[Badger52]

If he's still living in DC at his multi-million $$ digs who knows where the rabbit trail will lead? Did someone in NoVA pay off the guards at the 14th Street bridge? Did it come in on a diplomatic pouch?

:munchin

[The Reaper]

I'd like to see a DC high risk warrant service team kick his door at zero dark hundred and roust him and his family.

After all, it's for the children, and he would have us operate under those same rules.

TR

[Sdiver]

If this isn't a case of ... "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others" ... I don't know what is.

Total and absolute BULLSHIT. :mad:

D.C. police won’t arrest David Gregory

Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has concluded its investigation into NBC anchor David Gregory without an arrest.

Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier’s spokesman Gwendolyn Crump emailed this morning: “Emily, MPD has completed the investigation into this matter, and the case has been presented to the OAG for a determination of the prosecutorial merit of the case.”

I've asked Ms. Crump several follow-up questions about the case, including why Mr. Gregory was not interviewed and why a search warrant was not issued for the subject's home and office.

Ted Gest, the spokesman for the District’s Office of the Attorney General (OAG), told the decision whether or not to prosecute Mr. Gregory will come "possibly this week."

The police chief has led a inquiry for three and a half weeks into whether the “Meet the Press” anchor broke the firearms law on Dec. 23 when when he held up a 30-round rifle magazine on his D.C.-based show. Magazines over 10 rounds are considered “high capacity” by the District and banned. NBC called MPD in advance of the show for permission to break the law and was refused.

While Mr. Gregory got away without being arrested or going to jail, the police arrested 105 other people in 2012 on charges that included possession of “high capacity” feeding devices.

One of those cases was James Brinkley, an Army Veteran and federal employee, who was handcuffed, arrested and jailed for possessing two so-called high-capacity magazines and an unregistered firearm. The OAG refused to drop the charges, despite overwhelming evidence that he was legally transporting through Washington.

Mr. Brinkley refused to accept a guilty plea and went to the expense of taking the matter to court. At trial at D.C. Superior Court, Mr. Brinkley said of OAG’s Assistant Attorney General Rachel Bohlen: “I thought I was going to lose because the prosecutor was so rough. She was coming at me like I’d shot somebody.” Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Carroll Wingo acquitted Mr. Brinkley of all the charges.

So while the rich and powerful NBC anchor knowingly broke the firearm law, he was never subjected to the humiliation of being arrested by the police for breaking the same law as ordinary, law-abiding citizens like Mr. Brinkley did last year.

Justice can only prevail if the prosecutor's office at least offers Mr. Gregory a deal to plead guilty, pay a fine and be put on the Gun Offenders’ Registry, like so many others who have been caught up in the city’s inane firearms laws.


http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/guns/2013/jan/9/miller-dc-police-wont-arrest-david-gregory/

[bjm300]

"One of those cases was James Brinkley, an Army Veteran and federal employee, who was handcuffed, arrested and jailed for possessing two so-called high-capacity magazines and an unregistered firearm. The OAG refused to drop the charges, despite overwhelming evidence that he was legally transporting through Washington."

Makes me sick. A veteran of war gets prosecuted, and a talk show host gets a 30 round magazine and waves it around on national television, and we don't do anything about it.

Goes to show how effective the DC gun laws are.