sansone
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I'm terribly ashamed of my government, the judicial system, and losing faith in the notion that cops are people too.. nobody had the decency to speak up during the raid? I would quit my job if that is what it entails .. very, very sad
D.C. businessman faces two years in jail for unregistered ammunition, brass casing
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Good video here from fox explaining in detail.
http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/28/video-emily-miller-fox-news-about-mark-witaschek-g/
Loved it when she says "law and order couldnt make up a trial as ridiculous as this one"
I think this is the model that we have to look forward to if we don't unite, vote, and stand up for our RIGHTS. We may be glad to not live in DC, but coming to a town near you if we aren't as dedicated as these people are ignorant.
http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/28/video-emily-miller-fox-news-about-mark-witaschek-g/
Loved it when she says "law and order couldnt make up a trial as ridiculous as this one"
I think this is the model that we have to look forward to if we don't unite, vote, and stand up for our RIGHTS. We may be glad to not live in DC, but coming to a town near you if we aren't as dedicated as these people are ignorant.
steelerdude99
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There is still one part of this miscarriage of justice that’s bothering me. I don’t know how the D.C. prosecution got away with “under charging the crime”. Mr. Witaschek’s charged “crime” was attempted possession; not actual possession. But he had these items in his home, and they were presented as evidence against him; so who else would have been the owner if he was only "attempting to possess" the items?
The reason for going to trail only for attempted possession of ammunition is that it carries a fine/prison term under the threshold required to entitle a defendant to a jury trial. Were they attempting to have him plead guilty to possession of ammunition or attempted possession? In essence, it gave a him a rigged "bench trail" for attempted possession because he did not plead "guilty" to the crime of possession of ammunition? In a D.C. bench trail, only one “firearms ignorant” person had to be convinced of guilt rather than a jury of 12 “possibly ignorant” persons (or maybe a lesser number of jurors for misdemeanors).
So, is such an "under charging" strategy legal for “jury rigging” purposes? Let's hope the appeal brings this up.
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BamAlmighty
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Time to sack the city.
Never thought I would see the day people could get arrested for having a spent shell.
Never thought I would see the day people could get arrested for having a spent shell.
MagnunJoe
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U have gangbangers and murderers doing the same jail time. That's DC for u, ghetto loving and so corrupt it makes Russia look good.
I remember a story on some gun forum told by a LEO who responded to a call from a distraught vacationing family who found an "explosive device" in their rented minivan. When he arrived on-scene the family was huddled far from the van and trembling in terror. The "explosive device" was a shotgun shell rolling around in the van. I can't recall if it was even a live shell or an empty one, but they were all certain it would blow them to bits.
I'd love for that poster to tell the tale again. As a Public Safety announcement if nothing else. No idea where I read that, but it illustrates the levels of naiveté that sheeple can be driven to. Like kids drawing guns on paper, playing cowboys and indians with finger guns at recess, or (horrors!) gnawing a pop-tart into the "shape of a pistol".
I'd love for that poster to tell the tale again. As a Public Safety announcement if nothing else. No idea where I read that, but it illustrates the levels of naiveté that sheeple can be driven to. Like kids drawing guns on paper, playing cowboys and indians with finger guns at recess, or (horrors!) gnawing a pop-tart into the "shape of a pistol".
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steelerdude99
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Here is a somewhat recent development: The day after the trial, an agent from the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue showed up at Mr. Witaschek’s office.
see link: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news...t-tyranny-destroyed-a-dc-busin/#ixzz2yRfFTLJV
see link: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news...t-tyranny-destroyed-a-dc-busin/#ixzz2yRfFTLJV
BullfrogKen
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Wow, what an abuse of power.
dmancornell
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Classic example of prosecutorial "discretion". Basically the law is no longer the implement of justice, it's for bludgeoning fear of the state into the hoi polloi.
OilyPablo
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Makes my blood boil.
barnbwt
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They appear to be trying to drive him to suicide... I mean, they already threw him out of DC (they must not have annihilated his business interests and parceled them out to cronies yet; why else would they care, now?)
Hopefully he remains pissed off and financed long enough to get this to an appeal or two; to a court where this kind of ridiculousness won't go unnoticed.
TCB
Hopefully he remains pissed off and financed long enough to get this to an appeal or two; to a court where this kind of ridiculousness won't go unnoticed.
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Lex Luthier
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I caught an expended .22 casing in my boot tread when I was last in our lovely capital, and they pass the law months after. Interesting to think that my flight home might have been in handcuffs.
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