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WSJ is over the David Gregory gun scandal

Dec. 27, 2012 10:53am Eddie Scarry

Did NBC’s David Gregory break D.C. law when he brandished a gun magazine in the face of the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre on national television? Some say yes. The Wall Street Journal‘s editorial board says “it isn’t clear.” Either way, WSJ is over it:

This has created an uproar, with gun rights advocates calling for Mr. Gregory’s indictment, if not yet the death penalty, and police acknowledging their probe. …

So here we have a possible indictment that would be entirely nonsensical of a journalist who was trying to embarrass an NRA official over an ammunition ban whose impact would be entirely symbolic.

… It isn’t clear that Mr. Gregory is guilty of anything other than perhaps overzealousness in pursuit of the conventional gun-control wisdom, which is not a crime unless we want to empty newsrooms and fill up jails from coast to coast.

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retiredfire
Posted on December 29, 2012 at 9:13am
“unless we want to empty newsrooms and fill up jails from coast to coast.”
What’s that joke about 1000 lawyers drowning……. it’s a start!

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- 1FreeVoice
  Posted on December 30, 2012 at 10:46am
  There are many people who seem to feel that so long as they have no harmful intent, the law does not apply to them… to who else do they extend this free pass? A law that is selectively enforced is the arm of oppression. Whether you are addressing the notion that some people shouldn’t be held accountable for breaking gun laws, or the idea some people have, that they have a legal right not to be offended, there is one key element rarely discussed. WHO is in this protected group to whom laws do not apply, who must be shielded from anything that they find rude or offensive? Who are the golden people sheltered from the free speech of anyone who might disagree?
  
  There can be no legal right to be free from being offended, as laws are to be enforced on everyone equally – “justice is blind”, “…and justice for all”. How would you write a statute to protect people from offensive speech? Jews would be offended by the speech of holocaust deniers, white supremacists would be offended by most anything said by a black person, blacks would be offended by the white supremacists, and so on. When you designate a particular group to protect from offence, you deny that protection to others. Rights are things everyone has, not just a few of us. If the law is protecting one group at the expense of other groups, it is unconstitutional, isn’t it?
  
  The members of the press are bound by the law just like everyone else. No one gets a free pass, so be careful about what laws get
  
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MisterSarcastic
Posted on December 29, 2012 at 12:39am
Put them in a cell with Bubba.

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Gringo Lingo
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 2:51pm
Oh, David Gregory was just trying to make a point. I’ll bet the Newtown shooter was also just trying to make a point. David Gregory apparently broke the law, and he should be held accountable pay the fine and do the time.

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Cavallo
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 11:41am
The laws, I guess, just aren’t meant to apply to people like David. Him and the rest of the elite journalist Pravda crowd are above the law. The law only applies to us normal serfs and slaves.

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