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Why does it not surprise me that the Attorney General for the District of Columbia is ignorant of the laws governing the District of Columbia? The law says that "no person shall possess..." It makes no provision for intent to harm, or for anyone else's unfounded beliefs about that intent.
He got the purpose of the possession wrong, too. It had nothing to do with speech or debate. The sole purpose of publicly displaying illegal weaponry was to undermine and attack the Constitution of the United States, as represented in the Second Amendment of that Constitution.
Well, we saw this one coming. It's been nearly a month since NBC's Meet the Press host David Gregory illegally possessed a 30-round ammunition magazine on national television during an interview with NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre. During the interview, Gregory made it clear he supports a ban on high capacity magazines. Washington D.C. firearms law states it is a crime to possess any ammunition magazine that holds more than 10-bullets, even if the magazine is empty.
“No person in the District shall possess, sell, or transfer any large capacity ammunition feeding device regardless of whether...
In the end, he just decides that he won't do his job if it involves applying the law to his buddies.