A decision by former Fox News host and current U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro to no longer prosecute some gun crimes in Washington, D.C., was roundly trashed on MSNBC on Tuesday morning as both “insanity” and an invitation for chaos.
According to a report from ABC News, Donald Trump’s D.C. U.S. attorney appointee has told prosecutors in her office to no longer pursue felony charges for individuals who carry registered rifles and shotguns in the district.
According to Pirro, “We will continue to seize all illegal and unlicensed firearms, and to vigorously prosecute all crimes connected with them. And we will continue to charge a felon in possession of any of these firearms. Our resolve to prosecute crime is not lessened by defective DC code statutes, as the DOJ works to change those statutes."
She added, “What it does preclude is a separate charge of possession of a registered rifle or shotgun."
That set off a wave of outrage on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” where the Jan 6th insurrection by supporters of Donald Trump was noted and Pirro’s plan was labeled “bonkers” and “insanity.”
“Do people in the White House want to walk around outside the White House and have people carrying AR-15s and shotguns?“ a stunned Joe Scarborough asked.
“This is insanity. At the same time that you’re trying to make Washington, D.C. a safe place, you’re telling freaks all over the country, come to Washington D.C., if you have a problem with people on either side, walk around with an AR-15 or a shotgun, nothing bad is going to happen,” he continued.
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