DC Police Investigating NBC's Gregory for Brandishing Illegal Magazine

[Forever_frost]

DC Police Investigating NBC's Gregory for Brandishing Illegal Magazine
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by Warner Todd Huston 25 Dec 2012, 8:41 AM PDT 198 post a comment
Washington D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier has confirmed that the department is looking into allegations that NBC's David Gregory violated D.C.'s gun banning laws during a recent taping of Meet the Press.

In a discussion about gun control, host David Gregory brandished a 30-round magazine purportedly for an AR-15 or similar "assault rifle." The discussion took place on December 23, during the broadcast of NBC's Sunday morning political talk show.

Washington D.C.’s gun laws, however, state that even possessing such a device is a violation. Meet the Press is filmed at NBC's D.C. studios.

The law in question is titled: DC High Capacity Ammunition Magazines – D.C. Official Code 7-2506.01, and reads (my bold):

(b) 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. For the purposes of this subsection, the term large capacity ammunition feeding device means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device that has a capacity of, or that can be readily restored or converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of ammunition. The term large capacity ammunition feeding device shall not include an attached tubular device designed to accept, and capable of operating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition.

Breitbart contacted the office of the police chief and asked if there were any plans to look into this apparent violation of the District's gun laws. In response, Chief Lanier replied, "Yes, we are investigating the incident to determine if the magazine was in fact real."

We will continue to watch this developing story.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/12/25/D-C-Police-Investigating-NBC-s-Gregory-For-Violations-of-Gun-Banning-Laws

[Nash B.]

Haha

[talisman]

lmao

[Forever_frost]

Money says nothing happens but if it doesn't, then a lot of people have a new defense

[mikec]

Not a damned thing will happen to the bastard.

[helosailor]

He'll still have to live the rest of his life looking like an extra from Planet of the Apes.

[SS Junk]

What a moron. Bet he also called it a "14 round clip..."

[thesource]

I agree, not a fucking thing will happen to that giant liberal bastard.

[svauto-erotic855]

My money says that the police will say that their investigation found the magazine to be a prop and not a real magazine.

[68RR]

It seems that NBC did approach the DC police with a request to use the clip and that the police said no. So, now that the NRA says they don't want to see Gregory charged, it will be interesting to see what happens

[GhostTX]

"David Gregory violates the D.C. magazine ban by bringing a 30 rounder to the set and showing it on national TV. Amazingly, he still fails to realize that the ban does not work."

[silverhatch]

"David Gregory violates the D.C. magazine ban by bringing a 30 rounder to the set and showing it on national TV. Amazingly, he still fails to realize that the ban does not work."

I wish that was funny. People like that scare me.

[KBScobravert]

I am calling for a MILLION man magazine march on DC. What are they gonna do. Charge us all. Just take the sping out of yours before leaving the hotel. "its a prop"


"Today in the news: A million law abidding citizens carried illegal rifle magazines through washington DC's capital. No one died."

[onemeangixxer7502]

I am calling for a MILLION man magazine march on DC. What are they gonna do. Charge us all. Just take the sping out of yours before leaving the hotel. "its a prop"


"Today in the news: A million law abidding citizens carried illegal rifle magazines through washington DC's capital. cops opened fire with their high cap magazines and assault rifles."

LOL prob be what happens...

[GhostTX]

As predicted, off scott free

MILLER: 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 Wednesday 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."

Richard Gardiner, a firearms attorney, said that MPD referring the case to the OAG without arrest is not unexpected. “This is not unusual for high-profile cases. The police investigate the facts and give the results to the prosecutor to decide whether to bring charges,” he explained.

He added that, “It’s also routine in cases like this where the crime was not committed in police officers’ presence.” If the OAG decides to prosecute, a warrant for Mr. Gregory’s arrest will be requested.

I asked Mr. Gardiner if it was normal that the police would not interview the subject, Mr. Gregory, as part of their investigation. “I’m not surprised at all they didn't interview him,” he said. “The police usually only interview people who are not sophisticated and wealthy because the police figure they don’t have counsel and so don’t know that they can say, ‘no.’”

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/