And not for David Gregory.
From the New York Daily News: David Gregory’s ‘Meet the Press’ display of a high-capacity magazine may have violated D.C. gun law. During an interview with NRA chief Wayne LaPierre on Sunday, ‘MTP’ host David Gregory held up the 30-bullet ammo clip, perhaps running afoul of local laws.
D.C. law states, '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.'
Apparently,
according to the ATF and D.C. police, David Gregory, nor any 'Meet the Press' staffers involved in the acquisition, transportation or facilitation of this outlawed piece of high-capacity metal, will not be prosecuted - because there was
'no intention' to commit a crime.
How quaint.
Obviously, demagogic knee jerking is still legal in this country if it advances proglodyte agenda.
"But assuming, as Gregory stated, that the magazine was for an AR-15, then why shouldn’t Gregory and the staffers to and from whom the magazine was transferred, be prosecuted? Particularly in light of Gregory’s aggressive demand for more guns laws.
Certainly, if LaPierre had shown up with that magazine, there would be howls of gotcha, and widespread media demands for prosecution. Why should NBC News and its star be above the law?"
"But, even if we’re denied that pleasure, the “dumbest media story of
2012” is actually rather instructive. David Gregory intended to
demonstrate what he regards as the absurdity of America’s lax gun laws.
Instead, he’s demonstrating the ever greater absurdity of America’s
non-lax laws. His investigation, prosecution, and a sentence of 20–30
years with eligibility for parole after ten (assuming Mothers Against
High-Capacity Magazines don’t object) would teach a far more useful
lesson than whatever he thought he was doing by waving that clip under
LaPierre’s nose.
To Howard Kurtz & Co., it’s “obvious” that Gregory didn’t intend
to commit a crime. But, in a land choked with laws, “obviousness” is one
of the first casualties — and “obviously” innocent citizens have their
“obviously” well-intentioned actions criminalized every minute of the
day. Not far away from David Gregory, across the Virginia border,
eleven-year-old Skylar Capo made the mistake of rescuing a woodpecker
from the jaws of a cat and nursing him back to health for a couple of
days. For her pains, a federal Fish & Wildlife gauleiter accompanied
by state troopers descended on her house, charged her with illegal
transportation of a protected species, issued her a $535 fine, and made
her cry. Why is it so “obvious” that David Gregory deserves to be
treated more leniently than a sixth grader? Because he’s got a TV show
and she hasn’t?
Anything involving guns is even less amenable to “obviousness.” A few
years ago, Daniel Brown was detained at LAX while connecting to a
Minneapolis flight because traces of gunpowder were found on his
footwear. His footwear was combat boots. As the name suggests, the
combat boots were returning from combat — eight months of it, in Iraq’s
bloody and violent al-Anbar province. Above the boots he was wearing the
uniform of a staff sergeant in the USMC Reserve Military Police and was
accompanied by all 26 members of his unit, also in uniform. Staff
Sergeant Brown doesn’t sound like an “obvious” terrorist. But the TSA
put him on the no-fly list anyway. If it’s not “obvious” to the
government that a serving member of the military has any legitimate
reason for being around ammunition, why should it be “obvious” that a TV
host has?"
Because in the Obamanation, laws are for little people.
Apparently, according to the ATF and D.C. police, David Gregory, nor any 'Meet the Press' staffers involved in the acquisition, transportation or facilitation of this outlawed piece of high-capacity metal, will not be prosecuted - because there was 'no intention' to commit a crime.