No charges for NBC host over ammunition magazine

[arod757]

Big surprise.

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[VMI77]

Of course, some animals are more equal than others. We all need to learn more deference to our superiors.

[RPB]

“@RBPundit: Any good lawyer can now get their client off on DC gun charges using the precedent set with @davidgregory

[Beiruty]

"Meet the Press" issued a statement Friday that said: "We displayed the empty magazine solely for journalistic purposes to help illuminate an important issue for our viewers. We accept the District of Columbia Attorney General's admonishment, respect his decision and will have no further comment on this matter."

So if I am being interviewed by one of the left anti-gun grabbers talking head and I slapped the interviewer on his face for sole journalistic purposes to help illuminate an important issue for the viewers. Do I get a free-passs

[powerboatr]

"Meet the Press" issued a statement Friday that said: "We displayed the empty magazine solely for journalistic purposes to help illuminate an important issue for our viewers. We accept the District of Columbia Attorney General's admonishment, respect his decision and will have no further comment on this matter."

So if I am being interviewed by one of the left anti-gun grabbers talking head and I slapped the interviewer on his face for sole journalistic purposes to help illuminate an important issue for the viewers. Do I get a free-passs

seems so
I just emailed piers morgan to see if I can be interviewed about how i think guns are bad

hopefully i get a call

[77346]

looks like I need to get a 'press' credential... it's like a get-out-of-jail-free card

disgusting... this is simply disgusting

[baldeagle]

Equal justice under the law? Not in Washington, D.C.

[chasfm11]

looks like I need to get a 'press' credential... it's like a get-out-of-jail-free card

disgusting... this is simply disgusting

No more so than the double standard that exists for everything else Liberal vs. Conservative. The President grants himself lifetime body guards and, almost in the same breath, says the rest of us cannot protect ourselves with more than 10 round mags. The NY newspaper outs all of the Rockland County gun owners and then turns around and hires armed guards for themselves. Its enough to make me hurl.

[nitrogen]

Laws are for little people, in DC, I guess. Too bad it didnt help that veteran who got caught with ammo in his bag.

Good enough for this guy, but not enough for people who protect our country, I guess.

[Andrew]

Equal justice under the law? Not in Washington, D.C.

The Equal Protection Clause, which is part of the 14th Amendment doesn't have anything to do with justice:

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

After slavery was abolished in 1865(13th Amendment)many southern states created Black Codes that limited property rights, the ability to enter into contracts, and had harsher penalties for former slaves and freedmen. The Republican led congress was stymied in it's attempt to enact what could be called the Civil Rights Act of 1866. Most provisions of the Act were deemed unconstitutional in debate, and really forced the Republicans to draft and begin debate on the 14th.
Southern members of congress were uniformly against the legislation and the proposed amendment. So Congress, exercising its power under Article I, section 5, clause 1 of the Constitution, to "be the Judge of the Qualifications of its own Members," expelled Southerners from Congress, declaring that their states, having "Been in a State of Rebellion Agaisnt the Union", could not elect members to Congress. It was only this expulsion that allowed the equal protection clause to be passed by congress and sent to the states for ratification. The bitterest pill was that the Southern states then had to ratify the 14th Amendment to gain re-entry into the Union.

So basically, you can't have laws that create a class of people that receive harsher treatment under them. It doesn't require that laws are equally enforced. Oh, and this only applies to the States not the Federal gov't. Federal laws that are seen to create discriminatory classes, would be addressed under the Due Process Clause of the 5th Amendment.

[RoyGBiv]

Emily Miller's got a story for you
MILLER: If you’re not David Gregory

[philip964]

Emily Miller's got a story for you
MILLER: If you’re not David Gregory

Lovely, why am I not surprised by any of this.

[THX]

If you think the rule of law is still intact in this country, I have a bridge I'd like to sell you.

[DocV]

For the record.
I possess 30 round magazines in order to promote the First Amendment purpose of informing an ongoing public debate about firearms.

Edit: Except if I am in DC in which case I won't possess 30 round magazines.

[anygunanywhere]

Anyone who is surprised by this needs to get out more.

Anygunanywhere