My favorite part of the article:
In response, Chief Lanier replied, “Yes, we are investigating the incident to determine if the magazine was in fact real.”
I know there must be a huge market in fake magazines. It probably was just a dummy magazine, right?
:rolleyes:
On that film thing in cali, do you need a actual film permit? Otherwise, the helmetcam thing would work since people get income from youtube partnership.
It may be even worse for Gregory and NBC News. According to an e-mail received by The Patriots Perspective website, which originally broke the Gregory story, NBC News had inquired whether it was permitted to use the magazine and was told that it was not permitted. The authenticity of the email has not been verified.
Newsflash- the OP stated that in his updated orginal post at the bottom.
Personally I wish people would leave this stupidity alone and focus on the REAL ISSUE.
I agree. Most everyone here would support Gregory’s right to possess a 30-rd magazine AND the rifle to put it in.
But because he was pushing the gun-control position, everyone seems to want him hung from the nearest tree for allegedly breaking a law we all think is bullshit to begin with.
I respectfully disagree with both of you - this is how the left plays the game. Our reluctance to “play at their level” is what has gotten us here. Calls for good sense and compromise are the sounds you hear just before a defeat.
Make them use every resource to just stay in the game - give them no quarter. The communists must be defeated. What follows is a total defeat of the small “r” republicans is bad - the French Terror, the Soviet purges, the Chinese Cultural Revolution and the Pol Pot Killing Fields.
People still don’t know with whom we are dealing. These are the children and grand children of the Reds from the 20’s and 30’s.
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A better use of time would be to use this as proof-positive, irreversible evidence that gun restrictions just don’t work.
This guy does not follow the law, why would a criminal?
BUT, while I do think it is all a waste of time- If it somehow turned out the guy was hung out to dry, I would certainly chuckle.
He should be put to death and his hair sold into white slavery.
You are quite clever and an excellent speller! Have a nice day.
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Nothing will come of this. Either it will be swept under the rug or they will cover his ass by presenting some kind of fake magazine as evidence.
He could have used or claimed to have used an airsoft mag, but somehow I don’t think he’s that smart. Don’t worry though, someone in the dept will successfully make the argument on his behalf and he won’t be charged.
Still it really isn’t a big deal, as we all know they shouldn’t be illegal in the first place. Although there is merit to holding him accountable the way they do us I suppose.
RULE 4: “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.” If the rule is that every letter gets a reply, send 30,000 letters. You can kill them with this because no one can possibly obey all of their own rules.
Everyone seems to want him hung because Joe Schmo would hang for the same offense in DC. Why should David Gregory get special treatment because he works for NBC and was using it as a political prop?
Most folks have limited time to spend writing letters. If they’ve already blitzed their congressional delegation with calls, emails, and written correspondence regarding the proposed AWB and stricter gun control measures, and still have a hankering to write some more letters, by all means, drop a note to NBC.
I’m merely suggesting our time and efforts might be more judiciously allocated.
Mounting a major campaign against MTP and Gregory smacks of petulance and feigned outrage.
I wouldn’t go that far, as legally there was little difference between him holding up that magazine and holding up a couple ounces of cocaine he brought in off the street.
LOL…I wasn’t suggesting people start writing letters. The letter thing in my previous post was simply an example from the list of Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals. The only thing I was saying was if it’s good for the goose, it’s good for the gander.
I couldn’t care less about starting or being a part of a major campaign against Gregory or NBC. But that said they should be prosecuted. These are the rules they want to apply to everyone, so be it, let them be subject to the same rules.
No, it smacks of slapping the left in the face with a dead fish. They’re pushing that dead fish in our face 24/7 and it’s time to throw it back at them. Look at it this way, they’re GOING to hold us to their devil’s pact if they get it. They WILL arrest and prosecute ordinary law abiding citizens for something so simple as having a tube of metal with a spring in it. They WANT this badly. Will it ever stop anyone from going on a killing spree with one? No! Will prosecuting them for a magazine after they’ve committed mass murder be effective? No!
If they want to see exactly what they’re asking for and exactly how it will be used in reality, forcing them to prosecute one of their own is a perfect way to do it. It proves that mag cap bans are stupid and cannot prevent access to them. It proves that the law can and will be misused to make criminals of people with no criminal intent. It proves that liberals are stupid and foolish. Sometimes the only way to prove a point to them is to slap them in the face with it. I see no downside to calling for his arrest and prosecution. None. :mad:
Except cocaine is generally a bad thing and 30rnd mags are not. But… he helps to make 30rnd mags a bad thing.
I say arrest him and give him his day in court. Then… show the nation how stupid the laws are that he helped make.
About the “fake mag” … I hope they can find another one just like it as proof for that one, which I’m sure has gotten lost by now.
I also agree with the “no quarter” comment. When they undeniably expose themselves to the public for what they are, we have to take advantage of that. That is part of the education process. Unless you want to start going door to door teaching people about how the media is lying to them.
We need this exposure on their propaganda machine. We need their communication machine. How else do you expect to properly educate the masses and open their eyes to the way things should be?
Granted, if we could win a couple of big battles his actions would be meaningless… we just don’t seem to be able to win any big battles lately… and how many of you still trust the SCOTUS to be sound and reasonable in justice? That is the battle the left is fighting. They are fighting the battle to win the SCOTUS. They are Gen. Washington marching to Yorktown while New York prepares for an attack. If we keep letting them win little battles on their way how exactly do we expect to stop them?
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Personally I wish people would leave this stupidity alone and focus on the REAL ISSUE.
Here is what I think is the real issue…
We are loosing the War on the Constitution. That is Obama’s War. It always has been. He told us that before 2008. He needs to capture the SCOTUS to win the war.
I think we fight every battle using both their and our tactics.
What exactly do you see as the “REAL ISSUE” and how exactly should we focus on it? By focus I’m sure you must mean take action, but what exactly do you think is the most beneficial action at this time?
Look, if it would be a felony for me, it should be a felony for him too. Period. The issue is that the law is stupid, if he supports the law, then he supports it, and should take responsibility for breaking it. Period.
If he believes that some people should be exempt from the law, then we have changed the issue, to one of equal protection under the law.
Any way he slices it, he can not be for the law which bans that magazine and also for a special clause that lets “no one special” possess one in the face of it.
He will be pardoned by Obama if he is convicted, count on it.
I believe he should go to prison. If only for breaking a law that he supports.
Non stop talk on the radio today about this.
Personally, as retarded as the law is, it is still a law that is on the books and enforceable. He should pay the same penalty as anyone else who would violate the law get.
Will it happen, maybe not. But then again, he may get hammered.