Sen. Jim Webb finally admitted he owns a gun that an aide was arrested for carrying into the U.S. Capitol complex in March. Webb previously had refused to say whether the gun was his, although his senior aide - Phillip Thompson - had told police the weapon belonged to the Democratic senator."It's my gun," Webb told the Richmond Times-Dispatch in a recent interview. But how and why it was in Thompson's possession remains unclear. Webb said he didn't give the gun to Thompson, "nor did I ask him to do anything with it."
Maybe he was stealing it, Senator? Or going to go "postal" in the Senate?
Thompson was arrested on an illegal handgun charge when he carried the loaded pistol and two loaded magazines in a briefcase into the Russell Senate office building. A federal prosecutor later dropped the charge.
I mean, it was a Senator's gun, for heaven's sake!
Webb said little about the incident in March, saying he did not want to prejudice the outcome of Thompson's case. "It was a matter under legal consideration, and I was precluded from saying anything," Webb told the Richmond newspaper.
Not clear here is how long ago the case was dropped. IIRC, it was at least two months ago.
Webb declined to say whether he complies with the District of Columbia's law that prohibits carrying a handgun or concealed weapon without a license.
But of course, that law was subsequently struck down by a judge. Maybe the Senator was setting up a test case for the soon-thereafter-to-be-overturned law?