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Replica bullets, dud shell earn weapons conviction for former Washington man
Published March 28, 2014 / FoxNews.com
Replica bullets and a dud shotgun shell got a man convicted of weapons charges in the nation's capital, in a case gun rights activists say shows how overzealous authorities are trampling the Second Amendment.
The search was in response to a complaint from his estranged ex-wife. The evidence presented against Witaschek included a 12-gauge shell that failed to fire while Witaschek was hunting years ago, a spent .270 Winchester shell casing, and a box of .45 caliber Knight muzzleloader bullets with plastic sabots. The muzzleloader bullets were for use in only antique or replica firearms
The judge never ruled on the shotgun shell itself, which was what the prosecution’s case was built around. 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.
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