I suppose we're going to hear next that it depends upon what our meaning of the word "gun" is.
Hey, now we can have fun referring to it as Webb's Thompson Gun.
Posted on 03/27/2007 10:31:38 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Webb Denies He Gave Aide Gun That Led to Arrest
Tuesday , March 27, 2007
WASHINGTON — Virginia Sen. Jim Webb said Tuesday he did not give aide Phillip Thompson the gun that led to his arrest in a Senate office building. Webb did not say whether it was his gun.
Thompson is awaiting arraignment in D.C. Superior Court after being arrested Monday for trying to enter the Russell Senate Office Building, where Webb's office is located, carrying a loaded pistol and two fully loaded magazines.
The judge will determine whether Thompson, 45, will have to pay bail to get out of jail, and will set a date for a preliminary hearing. Thompson spent the night in a D.C. jail after U.S. Capitol Police determined Monday that he did not have a permit to carry a gun in Washington, D.C., where only law enforcement officials are allowed to carry handguns.
He is charged with carrying a pistol without a license and possession of an unregistered firearm and unregistered ammunition. According to the court docket, Monday was Thompson's birthday.
A senior Democratic aide said Monday evening that Thompson forgot that he had the weapon when he sent the senator's bag through the X-ray machine at the office building. The aide said Webb gave the bag that contained the gun to Thompson when the aide drove the senator to the airport.
Webb said he has been in New Orleans since Friday and returned Monday night. He denied that he gave the weapon to Thompson.
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Expecially, a DC jail.
The Constituition my right to arms may not be infringed. That's universal...period.
Yup. CBS would be leading with story every hour at Full Cry !
You don't really believe that the Constitution makes the Secret Service powerless to prevent people from carrying concealed firearms in the presence of the President, do you?
Do you?
Universal?
So, you can have a nuclear weapon in your basement?
The Constitution is a suicide pact?
A mistake is misplacing your keys. Not your handgun.
Webb said he has been in New Orleans since Friday and returned Monday night. He denied that he gave the weapon to Thompson.
Well, well.... somebody is lying.
If he'd just slapped the Capitol Police officer he'd have gotten away with it.
Webb said he has been in New Orleans since Friday and returned Monday night. He denied that he gave the weapon to Thompson.
Most people going to New Orleans should pack a side arm.
Richmond ping.
The Lt. Dan saga continues. I think Lt. Dan has thrown his aide under the bus. IIRC, this aide has been a friend and colleague for years. What a way to treat people you supposedly care about....
I've got a feeling the
4473 is "missing" by now.
"I set the bags down, and said 'Gee, I wish these bags somehow could get to DC.' I didn't tell anyone to actually TAKE them, I was merely expressing a wish."
Of course he didn't give him the gun. He gave him the BAG that contained the gun. LOL. Webb is going to split hairs on this one.
I hope Webb goes down big time on this & we need to have a Senate investigation.
How many other Senators & Representatives think they are above the DC handgun ban?
His tit's in the wringer now!
It looks like Thompson is going to have to do a Webb Hubbell here.
I suppose we're going to hear next that it depends upon what our meaning of the word "gun" is.
Hey, now we can have fun referring to it as Webb's Thompson Gun.
Yep. Well put.
In fact, this whole thing sounds to me like Webb wanted to take have his gun but figured he would let Thompson take the (unknown to Thompson) risk of smuggling it. Nice guy.
Isn't he special?
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