Let's Not Forget This One, Shall We???

[Glocktogo]

NBC's David Gregory still hasn't been charged with violating DC's full capacity magazine ban, but 105 others have!

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/4/if-youre-not-david-gregory/

The Washington Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) inquiry into whether NBC’s David Gregory broke the law by possessing a 30-round “high-capacity” magazine on national TV has been ongoing for three weeks. Meanwhile, U.S. Army veteran James Brinkley is still grappling with the fallout from his arrest last year on the same charge.

Mr. Brinkley’s story is just one example of at least 105 individuals who, unlike Mr. Gregory, were arrested in 2012 for having a magazine that can hold more than 10 rounds.

On Sept. 8, Mr. Brinkley says he intended to drop his wife and young children at the White House for a tour and then head to a shooting range to practice for the U.S. Marshals Service test. Just like Mr. Gregory, Mr. Brinkley called MPD in advance for guidance on how he could do this legally. Mr. Brinkley was told that the gun had to be unloaded and locked in the trunk, and he couldn’t park the car and walk around.

Unlike Mr. Gregory, Mr. Brinkley followed the police orders by placing his Glock 22 in a box with a big padlock in the trunk of his Dodge Charger. The two ordinary, 15-round magazines were not in the gun, and he did not have any ammunition with him.

As he was dropping off his family at 11 a.m. on the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue, Mr. Brinkley stopped to ask a Secret Service officer whether his wife could take the baby’s car seat into the White House. The officer saw Mr. Brinkley had an empty holster, which kicked off a traffic stop that ended in a search of the Charger’s trunk. Mr. Brinkley was booked on two counts of “high capacity” magazine possession (these are ordinary magazines nearly everywhere else in the country) and one count of possessing an unregistered gun.

Despite the evidence Mr. Brinkley had been legally transporting the gun, his attorney Richard Gardiner said the D.C. Office of the Attorney General “wouldn’t drop it.” This is the same office now showing apparent reluctance to charge Mr. Gregory.

Mr. Brinkley refused to take a plea bargain and admit guilt, so the matter went to trial Dec. 4. The judge sided with Mr. Brinkley, saying he had met the burden of proof that he was legally transporting. Mr. Brinkley was found not guilty on all firearms-related charges, including for the “high-capacity” magazines, and he was left with a $50 traffic ticket.

Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan told The Washington Times, “We feel it was a valid arrest, and the appropriate charges were brought.” Moments later, a spokesman for the D.C. attorney general's office, Ted Gest, called and provided the exact same quote. Mr. Gest added that, despite Mr. Brinkley’s acquittal, the ruling “doesn’t mean the judge is right, and we’re wrong.”

Mr. Brinkley believes the “Meet the Press” anchor is receiving special treatment because of his high-profile job. “I’m an average person,” Mr. Brinkley said in an exclusive interview with The Washington Times. “There seems to be a law for us and a law for the upper echelon.”

Mr. Brinkley was publicly humiliated, thrown in jail and forced to spend money to defend himself for violating a law that millions of viewers watched the NBC anchor violate. If D.C. is going to have this pointless law, it should at least be enforced fairly.

To read the full and detailed story of Mr. Brinkley’s case, please click here: MILLER: If you’re not David Gregory… (extended version).

Emily Miller is a senior editor for the Opinion pages at The Washington Times.

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[BikerHT]

Sickening!

 

[AKguy1985]

that is messed up!

 

[Dale00]

This is upsetting. What can be done? I imagine that our reps would side-step it, responding that this is a matter under the jurisdiction of the D.C. government.

 

[abajaj11]

Imagine how the elite would take power into their own hands if the populace was NOT armed......

 

[AKguy1985]

Him or his buddies must think he is above the law!

 

[chuter]

Here is the email address for the Washington Metropolitan Police Dept: [email protected]
Here is their website: http://mpdc.dc.gov/

I just sent them a note.

 

[chuter]

Looks like the police have handed it over to the AG:
http://townhall.com/

Here's the AG's email address: [email protected]

I sent him a note saying I expect him to prosecute Gregory, and asking him to let me know what he decides so I can report his decision to local media outlets.

 

[WessonOil]

But David Gregory wasn't going to use the magazine to kill people...everyone else who owns one is.

It makes sense to me.

 

[mons meg]

He was told "no" and did it anyway. Fry him.

--OR--

If they kick him loose, kick loose ALL the others, too.