BaiHu
05-20-2013, 01:14 PM
then why do we need a registry? Capricious restrictions?
I'm not arguing for one side or the other, but it is curious that DC realizes that their needs to be some sort of 'intent' involved in order to have a 'crime'. Damn, what a novel idea, eh? Sounds like something that could've been conceived of about 400 years ago :rolleyes:
Authorities last week made an agreement not to prosecute a Northwest D.C. man who used his unregistered handgun to kill a pit bull in order to stop it from mauling a child in his neighborhood.
As part of the agreement, Benjamin Srigley, 39, was required to pay a $1,000 fine but will not have criminal charges filed against him for the three unregistered firearms and the ammunition that investigators found in his possession, said Ted Gest, a spokesman for the office of the attorney general.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/19/dc-man-wont-face-gun-charges-shooting-pit-bull-att/?page=all#pagebreak
I'm not arguing for one side or the other, but it is curious that DC realizes that their needs to be some sort of 'intent' involved in order to have a 'crime'. Damn, what a novel idea, eh? Sounds like something that could've been conceived of about 400 years ago :rolleyes:
Authorities last week made an agreement not to prosecute a Northwest D.C. man who used his unregistered handgun to kill a pit bull in order to stop it from mauling a child in his neighborhood.
As part of the agreement, Benjamin Srigley, 39, was required to pay a $1,000 fine but will not have criminal charges filed against him for the three unregistered firearms and the ammunition that investigators found in his possession, said Ted Gest, a spokesman for the office of the attorney general.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/19/dc-man-wont-face-gun-charges-shooting-pit-bull-att/?page=all#pagebreak