TMZ: 'MEET THE PRESS' Got Green Light For Magazine Demo

[dkf]

Last edited Wed Dec 26, 2012, 05:38 PM - Edit history (1)

An official from the D.C. police told a member of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that David Gregory COULD display a high capacity magazine on "Meet the Press" Sunday ... TMZ has learned.

Well-placed law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... a staffer from "Meet the Press" called ATF before the show aired to inquire about the legality of David holding the empty magazine during a segment on gun control. We're told the ATF person contacted the D.C. police to find out if the District of Columbia -- the place where the show is broadcast -- had a law prohibiting such a display.

Our sources say the D.C. police official informed ATF David could legally show the magazine, provided it was empty. An ATF official then called the staffer from "Meet the Press" to inform them they could use the magazine.

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2012/12/26/meet-the-press-david-gregory-dc-police-atf-gun-magazine/#ixzz2GCKAsUC3

On edit: D.C. Police: Illegal for David Gregory to show empty gun magazine on television


A Washington Metropolitan Police Department spokesman tells POLITICO that it was illegal for NBC's David Gregory to show an empty gun magazine on television last Sunday, even if it was empty.

The spokesman also said he could not confirm a report by TMZ, the Hollywood gossip site, alleging that a D.C. police official told a member of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives just the opposite, leading Gregory and his team at NBC's "Meet the Press" to believe he could legally show an empty magazine on television.

"I don't know where they got their information. I can't confirm what they said," Officer Paul Metcalf told POLITICO. "All I can say for now is that the matter is still under investigation."

Asked whether it would be legal to show a magazine without bullets, Metcalf replied: "It'd still be illegal."

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/12/dc-police-illegal-for-david-gregory-to-show-empty-152829.html

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Of course my local rag is saying DC said no.

[Rex]

7. So is everything I've read, but I guess

two truths are better than one.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. Apparently your local rag is wrong

Suffice it to say...those of us who know how this works called this when this faux scandal came to be.

We call it distraction.

[Rex]

13. It WAS the lead story on MSNBC.

Looks like they got the 411 and took it down, I don't see it anymore.

[former9thward]

2. That is not what the police say.

“NBC contacted [the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department] inquiring if they could utilize a high capacity magazine for their segment,” Gwendolyn Crump, a police spokeswoman, said in an email. “NBC was informed that possession of a high capacity magazine is not permissible and their request was denied. This matter is currently being investigated.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/cops-nbc-told-dont-use-gun-clip-85497.html#ixzz2GCKctFja

[dkf]

3. Conflicting instructions possibly.

Who knows.

[RomneyLies]

4. Sounds to me like two different sources in the DC PD said two different things.

I also read an article where the police were investigating whether the magazine was loaded with rounds. Apparently, if not, the display would have been legal.

[k2qb3]

5. No.

If it were loaded there would be an additional charge.

The ATF has no jurisdiction over local DC laws.

[TeamPooka]

8. the magazines are illegal. Not "illegal if loaded". If you have one it's against the law

because you can always load it later....
Now if DG had permission so be it.
This story is much ado about nothing will happen here after the fact.

[Floyd_Gondolli]

6. Gun nuts will be dissapointed

I got the sense they thought they had something there.

[julian09]

10. Gun pornography,

you would think he done the segment in the nude.

[former9thward]

14. You lose.

The police said no. “NBC contacted [the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department] inquiring if they could utilize a high capacity magazine for their segment,” Gwendolyn Crump, a police spokeswoman, said in an email. “NBC was informed that possession of a high capacity magazine is not permissible and their request was denied. This matter is currently being investigated.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/cops-nbc-told-dont-use-gun-clip-85497.html#ixzz2GCQmgWrK

[Floyd_Gondolli]

17. We have dueling stories here

I'll wait for all of the facts to come out rather than taking a GOP internet rag as gospel, gun nut.

But thanks for playing.....

[former9thward]

18. Is ABC News a GOP internet rag also?

Or are they part of the conspiracy too?

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/12/david-gregory-under-police-investigation-for-using-magazine-on-meet-the-press-83445.html

[Floyd_Gondolli]

20. Actually that's not ABC News

It's an AP story linked on a local ABC affiliate's website.

Who said it was a conspiracy anyway? My point was that often things are different in the end than they are at first blush.

Now, I'll wait to see what happens with this story but you can get your loins all tingly if you want. You're probably halfway there already. Maybe if you went to the range and squeezed a few rounds off it might help the time pass until either 1-David Gregory is charged. 2-He is cleared of any wrongdoing.

[former9thward]

21. David Gregory will not be charged and everyone knows it.

It matters not what he actually did or who said he could not or could do something. It is just like when Carl Rowan, Washington Post columnist and ultra gun control advocate --- he advocated "a law that says anyone found in possession of a handgun except a legitimate officer of the law goes to jail—period" shot a 17 year old kid in his swimming pool. His gun was unregistered and illegal under DC laws. He never served a minute in jail. There are people that are above the law.

Now back to your juvenile insults.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. Of course they did

Anybody claiming otherwise was trying to distract.

[former9thward]

15. The police spokeman is trying to distract???

“NBC contacted [the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department] inquiring if they could utilize a high capacity magazine for their segment,” Gwendolyn Crump, a police spokeswoman, said in an email. “NBC was informed that possession of a high capacity magazine is not permissible and their request was denied. This matter is currently being investigated.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/cops-nbc-told-dont-use-gun-clip-85497.html#ixzz2GCQmgWrK

[Brother Buzz]

12. Bottom line: There's no there there

Suck on it, you right-wing wachadoodle nuts

[Comrade_McKenzie]

16. Just another right wing faux-troversy...

The right-wing gun nuts have been pushing this the most.

[former9thward]

19. Such as ABC News?

(AP/ABC7) Metropolitan Police Department officials say they denied NBC's request for permission to use a high-capacity firearm magazine during a segment of Meet The Press this past Sunday.

Read more: http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/12/david-gregory-under-police-investigation-for-using-magazine-on-meet-the-press-83445.html#ixzz2GCTxIe8h