DC Demonstrates 'Reasonable' Gun Control Busting Man for Old Spent Shell

[JimBowie1958]

Yes, THIS is what gun grabbing fascists mean when they speak of 'reasonable' gun control laws.

MILLER: D.C. businessman faces two years in jail for unregistered ammunition, brass casing - Washington Times

Mark Witaschek, a successful financial adviser with no criminal record, is facing two years in prison for possession of unregistered ammunition after D.C. police raided his house looking for guns. Mr. Witaschek has never had a firearm in the city, but he is being prosecuted to the full extent of the law. The trial starts on Nov. 4.

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.”

Yep, forgetting you had a receipt for ammo is a criminal offense in DC now and these fascists will go after you for it.

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

D.C. law requires residents to register every firearm with the police, and only registered gun owners can possess ammunition, which includes spent shells and casings. The maximum penalty for violating these laws is a $1,000 fine and a year in jail.

Police based their search on a charge made by Mr. Witaschek’s estranged wife, who had earlier convinced a court clerk to issue a temporary restraining order against her husband for threatening her with a gun, although a judge later found the charge to be without merit.

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.

In recalling what followed, Mr. Witaschek became visibly emotional in describing how the police treated him, Ms. Harris and the four children in the house.

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.”

True Police State thuggery right in our nations capital.

Senator Joe McCarthy was exactly right and we are living in the hell he predicted.

Guess we deserve it for not listening to wiser men like him.

 

[JimBowie1958]

More from the article;

"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.

This was the second police search of his home. Exactly one month earlier, Mr. Witaschek allowed members of the “Gun Recovery Unit” access to search without a warrant because he thought he had nothing to hide."

This man is getting railroaded by a corrupt fascist gun grabbing DC thugacracy put in place by Democrats with the silent consent of the GOP RINOs who secretly detest gun owners as manipulable fools as proven by their votes for the GOP RINOs.

Hmmm, maybe they have a point after all? We do keep re-electing these bastards.

 

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[R.C. Christian]

Unfucking real.

 

[Pauli007001]

Why we fight the liberal insanity? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[R.C. Christian]

Nothing to fight there. They've won. D.C. that is.