Gun Charges For Webb Aide Dropped

J.J. Jackson* | April 28, 2007

The Aide to Senator Webb who attempted to bring a concealed firearm into the capitol will not be prosecuted.

WASHINGTON–Authorities dropped charges yesterday against an aide to Virginia Sen. Jim Webb who carried a loaded gun into the U.S. Capitol complex.

“After reviewing and analyzing all of the evidence in the case, we do not believe the essential elements of the crime of carrying a pistol without a license can be proved beyond a reasonable doubt,” said U.S. Attorney Jeff Taylor, top prosecutor in the District of Columbia.

Webb senior aide Phillip Thompson, 45, of Stafford County, was arrested on March 26 after Capitol Police spotted the loaded pistol and two other loaded magazines in a briefcase being scanned by an X-ray machine at the entrance of the Russell Senate office building.

Thompson told the officer at the building’s entrance that the weapon belonged to Webb.
The senator said later he did not give Thompson the gun but refused to say whether it was his. Webb told reporters Thompson had carried the gun into the building “completely inadvertently.”

Now “inadvertent” carrying of a fire arm into an area where they are prohibited is ok? Hey this is great news! Because now anyone can carry a gun into unconstitutional “gun free” zones and simply claim they did so “inadvertently”.

Hmmm. Somehow I don’t think you or I as regular American citizens will be treated with the same standard.

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