Meet the Press shows illegal high capacity magazine on air, DC police receives complaints

[baked_goldfish]

The host of NBC's “Meet the Press” displayed what appeared to be a high-capacity ammunition magazine on national television Sunday, embroiling the network in controversy and leaving D.C. authorities to decide whether a crime was committed

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[liret]

I'm sure the people insisting that he be arrested are really just horrified at the thought of someone having a high-capacity magazine, even though it was empty and not anywhere near a gun.

[bowtomecha]

A video or a photo couldn't have been used instead? That's just shoddy reporting really.

[boundbyash]

Once again the NRA are using redirect tactics to avoid the real issue. Whether or not the reporter used a real magazine or not is really a minor issue. The issue is that these magazines ARE legal in many states, and for what reason? Why does a private citizen need large capacity magazines? Or why do private citizens needs bullets that maximize the damage on impact? Why do they need a gun capable of taking down a missile? These are the questions the NRA should be answering.

[scriptedending]

exactly!

[perthro]

Maybe they saw their kids playing "Deer's Revenge" and thought it was real. heh.

[tabaqui]

This.

[lickety_split]

I seriously spent a good 5 minutes wondering which fucking magazine the dude flashed on TV and pondering how much it sucks that their news anchors can never do a story in front of a newsstand before realizing that the "magazine" they were referring to was an ammunition clip.

[sfrlz]

I thought the same thing! haha

[ebay313]

Me too, lol.

[tabaqui]

OH, sure, let's get all over this guy and pretend that thousands of people across the country don't have *thousands* of these damn things. For fuck's sake.