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D.C. police investigating David Gregory for displaying high-capacity magazine on TV

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.”

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I’m sure the DC police will conclude that it is OK for hypocrite liberal “journalists” to posess whatever illegal weapons or components they want.

Tc0061 on December 25, 2012 at 2:36 PM

But Gregory is a journalist/democrat. He’s a member of the Nomenklatura. The rules don’t apply to him. Rules are for little people.

forest on December 25, 2012 at 2:36 PM

Boy wouldn’t that be some schadenfreude if he gets busted for having that magazine.

major dad on December 25, 2012 at 2:37 PM

I hope his cellmate has an 18″ weiner.

Mark1971 on December 25, 2012 at 2:38 PM

Don’t nobody hold your breath on this one.

Dongemaharu on December 25, 2012 at 2:38 PM

“Yes, we are investigating the incident to determine if the magazine was in fact real.”

Nothing like getting an assist from the police.

[Police]: “Just tell us it was a ‘fake’ magazine, and this all goes away Mr. Gregory”.

“oh, in regards to your request, we’ve added extra security to your kids school.

[Gregory]: “Do they have the high capacity stuff I requested?”

[Police]: “Yep.”

[Gregory]: “Thanks. Gotta go. I’m taping a gun control special and I’m running late”

WisRich on December 25, 2012 at 2:40 PM

The finding no matter what the truth is will be that it was a TV/Movie prop and not real.

Dr. Frank Enstine on December 25, 2012 at 2:41 PM

Gun Control Advocates’ Loudest Voices Are Most Heavily Protected
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/12/23/Gun-Control-Advocates-Loudest-Voices-are-Most-Heavily-Protected

New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo chimed in, saying, “Confiscation could be an option. Mandatory sale to the state could be an option. Permitting could be an option–keep your gun but permit it.”

Thousands of gun control laws later, politicians like Mayor Bloomberg walk the streets of New York with armed security. According to a 2009 CBS News piece, Bloomberg, like his predecessors, is protected around the clock, “even when he’s not working.”

The mayor of the nation’s largest city is protected around the clock, even when he’s not working. He’s trailed on the golf course, at the theater, while visiting relatives for Thanksgiving dinner--with taxpayers footing the bill.

Yet Chicago’s CBS reported in June 2011 that city taxpayers cough up $3 million a year for uniformed police to protect its local politicians while innocent civilians downtown were facing gun violence daily:

Dozens of officers and millions of dollars are spent to protect the Mayor and a handful of other city officials. Is it money well spent or a luxury we can no longer afford?

Southern by choice22 on December 25, 2012 at 2:54 PM

[WisRich on December 25, 2012 at 2:40 PM]

Yup! The police need an out for the problems associated with the selective prosecution and establishing the law as nothing more than a bill of attainder.

Dusty on December 25, 2012 at 2:55 PM

In response, Chief Lanier replied, “Yes, we are investigating the incident to determine if the magazine was in fact real.”

LOL. Gregory claimed it was real on TV. Isn’t that prima facie evidence of some sort? We all know that it was real. It’s not as if there’s much to a mag, anyway. If it fits in a gun then, by the DC law, it is pretty much “real” since the law only requires that it “be able to made functional” not that it is functional at the moment. All it would take to make it “functional” (by DC standards, for sure) would be to throw a spring in it.

I’ll bet if I whipped one of those mags out on a street in DC I’d be arrested and the “investigation” would take place while I waited in jail.

ThePrimordialOrderedPair on December 25, 2012 at 2:56 PM

Hahahahahahahahahaha.

Rode Werk on December 25, 2012 at 3:04 PM

“We’re investigating this”…*nod nod..wink wink*

Mimzey on December 25, 2012 at 3:10 PM

I’d give a lot to see him fire a Ruger #1 in .450 nitro express. Then we can discuss mags. Mmmkay?

wolly4321 on December 25, 2012 at 3:28 PM

And of course there will be no mention of this investigation on any of the nitwit networks of NBC.

stukinIL4now on December 25, 2012 at 3:29 PM

This will go nowhere. The authorities would have to prove that the magazine was real, functional and capable of holding more than ten rounds. Without the actual magazine and a chain of custody proving it was unaltered, there’s just no way they can do that.

PersonFromPorlock on December 25, 2012 at 3:41 PM

Without the actual magazine and a chain of custody proving it was unaltered, there’s just no way they can do that.

PersonFromPorlock on December 25, 2012 at 3:41 PM

Or they can just take David Gregory at his word.

ThePrimordialOrderedPair on December 25, 2012 at 3:52 PM

Laws are for little people, not people who send their kids to the same school as president puppy-muncher’s.

Rebar on December 25, 2012 at 4:07 PM

Rules don’t apply to the Omedia.

Moesart on December 25, 2012 at 4:19 PM

He needs to plead the 2nd Amendment and Heller. That way if he wins, there is a legal precedent. If he loses, a lib gets slapped. A win/win for the good guys.

DAT60A3 on December 25, 2012 at 4:22 PM

And obama is investigating Benghazi. Whatever.

Ronnie on December 25, 2012 at 4:32 PM

Or they can just take David Gregory at his word.

ThePrimordialOrderedPair on December 25, 2012 at 3:52 PM

I admit to a certain low pleasure at the thought of Mr. Gregory claiming under oath to have ‘only been dramatizing’ on national TV: but it would solve his legal problem and be quickly papered over.

PersonFromPorlock on December 25, 2012 at 6:35 PM