Tuesday, January 21, 2014

D.C. man on trial for one shotgun shell - wasn’t given David Gregory deal

 

A year ago this month, the attorney general for the District of Columbia let NBC News anchor David Gregory off scot-free for possession of a “high capacity” magazine because doing so “would not promote public safety.”

Now, Irvin Nathan refuses to use that same prosecutorial discretion for an average citizen who violated a bizarre technicality that makes empty casings and shells a crime as serious as having an illegal firearm.

Mr. Witaschek, a successful financial adviser with no criminal history, is the first known case of a citizen being prosecuted in D.C. for inoperable ammunition. Washington police and prosecutors have spent a year and a half trying to nail him for the possession of so-called unregistered ammunition.

A hunter and gun owner, Mr. Witaschek has always kept his firearms at his sister’s house in Virginia. If convicted, he faces a year in jail and a $1,000 fine for having a single, inoperable shotgun shell in his home. The jury trial starts on Feb. 11.  

4 comments:

  1. To use the mis-quote from Star Trek: "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life here". But then what would you expect coming out of Mordor on the Potomac?

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    1. what would you expect coming out of Mordor on the Potomac?

      :) Not much that's for sure.

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  2. I clicked on comments intending to say this, so even if not original I'm going to ask "Why would an intelligent man go into D. C. In these times?" Can you say "enemy camp?"

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    1. Dixie and I went there for the 2009 march and Oathkeeper's dinner. When I checked, only a knife under 3 inches was allowed. We stayed in Virginia. Dixie was a big hit with the liberals when they saw her Confederate flag purse.........Yeah, right, you should have seen the disapproving faces. :)

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