David Gregory = Doofus

[PegLeg45]

In a Homer Simpson moment, Gregory shows just how little concern for "laws" the typical liberal has when an agenda is on the table.

DC police says they will "investigate"....yeah, I don't see this going anywhere.... especially after that whole "ascertaining whether it is real or fake" part.      

DC POLICE INVESTIGATING NBC'S GREGORY FOR BRANDISHING ILLEGAL MAGAZINE

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

[jnevis]

While an idiot and pretty funny, isn't it a little hypocritical to go after this guy for that?  If a lib went after Ted Nugent for it we'd be calling foul, but since discrediting this guy is advantageous we'll use it on him?

[DanPatWork]

While an idiot and pretty funny, isn't it a little hypocritical to go after this guy for that?  If a lib went after Ted Nugent for it we'd be calling foul, but since discrediting this guy is advantageous we'll use it on him?

NO..... If we want to stand behind the mantra that new gun laws do no good because of lack of enforcement or prosecution, then we need to be screaming at the top of our lungs for prosecution to the fullest for intentional acts such as this. NBC has a legal department that should have known the law. In the current state of things, anyone who is calling for gun bans should know the laws where they live. David Gregory is a hypocrite who is grandstanding for the lib msm agenda while putting his kids in a school that has armed guards.

[tombogan03884]

While an idiot and pretty funny, isn't it a little hypocritical to go after this guy for that?  If a lib went after Ted Nugent for it we'd be calling foul, but since discrediting this guy is advantageous we'll use it on him?

Not true J, this is another of many examples of how a Liberal or a Democrat gets a pass on things that would have a Conservative or Republican pilloried or jailed . VP Agnew removed and jailed for tax evasion, Geithner confirmed as Sec Treas even after being proven a tax cheat. Sarah Palin and Rush accused of "violent rhetoric that caused the Tuscon shooting of Giffords for saying that we need to "target" dem held offices in the election, but not a word when the New Black Panthers repeatedly call for the murder of whites .
Congressional ethics ? Tom Delay in jail, while Maxine Waters, and Charlie Rangel, get multiple admonishments .
Scooter Libby gets sentenced to jail over Valerie Plame but nothing is done about the many leaks from the Obama administration .
There are many other examples, these are just the ones off the top of my head.
Gregory should be crucified as an example because as an advocate for exactly these types of bans he should know better than to violate the ones in place.
He should also become a poster child for the fact that they don't work.

[JLawson]

While an idiot and pretty funny, isn't it a little hypocritical to go after this guy for that?  If a lib went after Ted Nugent for it we'd be calling foul, but since discrediting this guy is advantageous we'll use it on him?

I don't think it does much for us it we take the "isn't this outrageous - lock him up" approach.  Seems like it would be better to emphasize the enforcement of all current laws, including this stupid D.C. code - an approach that says "Isn't it ridiculous to prosecute this but prosecute you MUST because the law is the same for everyone.  If you don't like it then change the law and don't make any more laws that are equally ineffective."

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[r_w]

He should also become a poster child for the fact that they don't work.

THIS ^^^  at the very least...

One SHOULD disobey unconstitutional laws.

[tombogan03884]

I don't think it does much for us it we take the "isn't this outrageous - lock him up" approach.  Seems like it would be better to emphasize the enforcement of all current laws, including this stupid D.C. code - an approach that says "Isn't it ridiculous to prosecute this but prosecute you MUST because the law is the same for everyone.  If you don't like it then change the law and don't make any more laws that are equally ineffective."

What they will do instead is say that "We will ignore the law we don't like to favor our side"
Same as with immigration laws.

THIS ^^^  at the very least...

One SHOULD disobey unconstitutional laws.

[Ichiban]

So now it starts to get interesting..

Cops told NBC not to use gun clip
NBC was told by the Washington police that it was “not permissible” to show a high-capacity gun magazine on air before Sunday’s “Meet the Press,” according to a statement Wednesday from the cops.
“NBC contacted [the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department] inquiring if they could utilize a high capacity magazine for their segment,” Gwendolyn Crump, a police spokeswoman, said in an email. “NBC was informed that possession of a high capacity magazine is not permissible and their request was denied. This matter is currently being investigated.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/cops-nbc-told-dont-use-gun-clip-85497.html

 

 

[Jrlobo]

Maybe we should come to the aid of David Gregory saying that he publicly showed that the anti-gun laws already on the books  are not being enforced! Where did he buy that mag? Certainly not in D.C so he had to transport it across state lines and that might be a federal offense? So, before calling for more anti-gun laws, those already there need to be enforced properly. Further, we think that he was standing up for his and our constitutional rights and doing it under the liberal cover of asking for more gun control. We should protest any attempt to have him arrested or otherwise punished for standing up for us (even though he didn't). His liberal friends would begin to shun him and that is something he could not stand. Liberals can't stand to be alone; that is why they believe in the collective. Fear, not courage, drives their every move and thought. I've got cabin fever today in the snow storm here and my mindset is being affected. We need to start a little information warfare (used to be IW before it changed to IO--information operations) to the same levels that those liberals practice on us. After all, they are the demons...not us.

[jnevis]

Jr might be onto something...
They'd absolutely hate to admit that something they introduced isn't working.  Feed it back to them.