Mark Witaschek guilty of possessing muzzleloader bullets in D.C.

[Horitexan]

It sounds like a ridiculous deal but if the law is you can't have that stuff where he chooses to live, I guess he shouldn't have it until he (and others) get the law changed. Ignoring the law and doing whatever you please isn't making the situation any better or helping to get the law changed.

[DTala]

It sounds like a ridiculous deal but if the law is you can't have that stuff where he chooses to live, I guess he shouldn't have it until he (and others) get the law changed. Ignoring the law and doing whatever you please isn't making the situation any better or helping to get the law changed.

what he had wasn't illegal, so he should move because he was legal??

Judge, police, and DA are idiots, actually he should move to get away from idiots there....

[Bluesman]

A person cannot own inert stuff.
Not amusing.

[deer farmer]

Nuts

[slomo]

Makes you start to wonder if this is even America anymore, rights that our ancestors fought and died to have and protect are being taken away by our seemingly communist gubberment who wants us defenseless, and with Osamacare apparently want the working man to be broke too .. Makes me sick rant over... I think

[Tbar]

The way this "warrant" was executed is OUTRAGEOUS!!!.....

The police banged on the front door of Mr. Witaschek’s Georgetown home at 8:20 p.m. on July 7, 2012, to execute a search warrant for “firearms and ammunition … gun cleaning equipment, holsters, bullet holders and ammunition receipts.”

Mr. Witaschek’s 14-year-old daughter let inside some 30 armed officers in full tactical gear.

After entering the house, the police immediately went upstairs, pointed guns at the heads of Mr. Witaschek and his girlfriend, Bonnie Harris, and demanded they surrender, facedown and be handcuffed.

His 16-year-old son was in the shower when the police arrived. “They used a battering ram to bash down the bathroom door and pull him out of the shower, naked,” said his father. “The police put all the children together in a room, while we were handcuffed upstairs. I could hear them crying, not knowing what was happening.”

The police shut down the streets for blocks and spent more than two hours going over every inch of his house. “They tossed the place,” said Mr. Witaschek. He provided photos that he took of his home after the raid to document the damage, which he estimated at $10,000......

The police found no guns in the house, but did write on the warrant that four items were discovered: “One live round of 12-gauge shotgun ammunition,” which was an inoperable shell that misfired during a hunt years earlier. Mr. Witaschek had kept it as a souvenir. “One handgun holster” was found, which is perfectly legal.

“One expended round of .270 caliber ammunition,” which was a spent brass casing. The police uncovered “one box of Knight bullets for reloading.” These are actually not for reloading, but are used in antique-replica, single-shot, muzzle-loading rifles.......

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...#ixzz2xIbDn7oB

[GarGuy]

It sounds like a ridiculous deal but if the law is you can't have that stuff where he chooses to live, I guess he shouldn't have it until he (and others) get the law changed. Ignoring the law and doing whatever you please isn't making the situation any better or helping to get the law changed.

Read it again. It is illegal to own ammo for a gun that is unregistered. Muzzle loaders are perfectly legal and don't have to be registered. The ammo was 45 cal. Muzzle loader bullets with 50 cal sabots.

The judge and prosecution have no idea what they are and how a gun works. He is totally innocent.

[Landrover]

Wow.......only 730+ views on this thread and not even 50 responses! This is absolutely outrageous if this story is credible. But no one is really interested but yell and scream about gun stuff on here all the time???? Yep, I am totally confused but actually understand the cliche' driven society we live in.

The judge and prosecution have no idea what they are and how a gun works. He is totally innocent.

As I posted very early on this thread.......where is the NRA, what is there position is something so highly publicized, what is the action they will take or not take and why? Just odd on soooo many levels! (I do believe the story is credible but just astonished with the lackluster national response.)

[GarGuy]

I did the research! 30 officers in full riot gear raided his home. Guns pointed at their heads! His son was in the shower, they busted the bathroom door down and drug the 16 year old son out naked and put him in the room with other people. They did over 10g in damage!

Holy crap!!!!!!! All of this because he had a 270 hull in his ashtray at his office!

[tex4k]

Well now I can understand why they want to outlaw guns, there are some of us that think the police, DA, and judge in this deal should be shot!

[Palmetto]

Absolutely nuts.........

[Luck_of_the_Draw]

From Fox news

Witaschek’s treatment was in sharp contrast to that given NBC news personality David Gregory, who went on air with a 30-round AR-15 magazine during a broadcast of Meet the Press.*Merely possessing such an accessory is illegal in the city, but the same prosecutor’s office that charged Witaschek never pursued charges against the journalist.

[Tricky0352]

Glad we live in Texas.

[Uncle Doug]

Sounds like he needed a better lawyer. Total BS

[2050z]

From Fox news

Witaschek’s treatment was in sharp contrast to that given NBC news personality David Gregory, who went on air with a 30-round AR-15 magazine during a broadcast of Meet the Press.*Merely possessing such an accessory is illegal in the city, but the same prosecutor’s office that charged Witaschek never pursued charges against the journalist.

Selective enforcement of the law and this DC DA is not held accountable to anybody because the is not an elected DA.