Posted on Aug 9, 2015
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A Marine Raider working as a congressional fellow was arrested Tuesday after Capitol policemen found a firearm in his vehicle during a routine search.
Police arrested Gunnery Sgt. Peter Boby, a critical skills operator who is assigned to the office of Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., said Maj. Paul Greenberg, a Marine spokesman at the Pentagon. Boby could not immediately be reached for comment, but Hunter said the incident was likely an accidental.
"We are still getting the facts, but ... there's no reason to suggest it was intentional," Hunter said.
According to police, Boby was arrested at about 2 p.m. adjacent to the Rayburn House Office Building where Hunter's office is located.
He "is charged with Carrying a Pistol Without a License, Unregistered Ammunition, and Unregistered Firearm," said Lt. Kimberly Schneider, a United States Capitol Police spokeswoman.
At the time of his arrest, Boby, a master sergeant select, was returning from a Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation shooting event in Glenn Dale, Maryland, according to a congressional staffer who works closely with the Marine. Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation lobbies for the interests of sportsmen and hunters.
The staffer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said police located ammunition in Boby’s trunk during a routine search, prompting a more thorough sweep of the vehicle. That turned up a .45-caliber pistol, he said.
Hunter, a Marine veteran, said Boby has stood out as a strong performer among the congressional fellows on Capitol Hill.
"I've had fellows for years and Peter has been a top-notch performer," Hunter said. "He's a hero who's seen combat, who's been wounded and who's been in good standing with the Marine Corps throughout."
In 2014, Boby served as the staff noncommissioned officer in charge of Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command's recruiting team East and Okinawa, and worked to overhaul the command’s 10-week physical prep course for Marines intending to attempt the 19-day assessment and selection training.
He began working in Hunter's office in January after he was selected for the assignment by the 2015 Congressional and Wounded Warrior Fellowship Selection Board.
Police arrested Gunnery Sgt. Peter Boby, a critical skills operator who is assigned to the office of Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., said Maj. Paul Greenberg, a Marine spokesman at the Pentagon. Boby could not immediately be reached for comment, but Hunter said the incident was likely an accidental.
"We are still getting the facts, but ... there's no reason to suggest it was intentional," Hunter said.
According to police, Boby was arrested at about 2 p.m. adjacent to the Rayburn House Office Building where Hunter's office is located.
He "is charged with Carrying a Pistol Without a License, Unregistered Ammunition, and Unregistered Firearm," said Lt. Kimberly Schneider, a United States Capitol Police spokeswoman.
At the time of his arrest, Boby, a master sergeant select, was returning from a Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation shooting event in Glenn Dale, Maryland, according to a congressional staffer who works closely with the Marine. Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation lobbies for the interests of sportsmen and hunters.
The staffer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said police located ammunition in Boby’s trunk during a routine search, prompting a more thorough sweep of the vehicle. That turned up a .45-caliber pistol, he said.
Hunter, a Marine veteran, said Boby has stood out as a strong performer among the congressional fellows on Capitol Hill.
"I've had fellows for years and Peter has been a top-notch performer," Hunter said. "He's a hero who's seen combat, who's been wounded and who's been in good standing with the Marine Corps throughout."
In 2014, Boby served as the staff noncommissioned officer in charge of Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command's recruiting team East and Okinawa, and worked to overhaul the command’s 10-week physical prep course for Marines intending to attempt the 19-day assessment and selection training.
He began working in Hunter's office in January after he was selected for the assignment by the 2015 Congressional and Wounded Warrior Fellowship Selection Board.
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The media reported this originally as some dysfunctional armed vet with a pistol and hundreds of rounds heading to Capital Hill. Now THAT sells headlines. The truth is just so incredibly boring. Go for the gusto ....media whores.
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This is less of a "OMG AN ARMED VET ON CAPITOL GROUNDS!!!!!!" thing and more of the BS gun control laws present in DC. Recall that constitutional rights in DC weren't protected until the 1960's and it wasn't until 2006 that the 2nd Amendment become constitutionally protected IN ONE'S OWN HOME.
People rap on Cali, NJ, and NY for their draconian gun laws but forget that our nations capitol has the most severe gun control laws in the country and have the strictest punishments for any weapons offense.
You have to ask nicely for an FID, ask nicely to buy a gun, have to register the gun and the magazines and the ammo, and god forbid you get caught outside of your home with that gun as DC (and Baltimore) make it illegal to carry a firearm (and it's a vague definition of carry) within 1000ft of any public gathering place (schools, state/federal building, the damn public pool) an DC is laid out where almost all of these are within walking distance of each other.
This poor guy was screwed the moment he put that ammo in his trunk.
People rap on Cali, NJ, and NY for their draconian gun laws but forget that our nations capitol has the most severe gun control laws in the country and have the strictest punishments for any weapons offense.
You have to ask nicely for an FID, ask nicely to buy a gun, have to register the gun and the magazines and the ammo, and god forbid you get caught outside of your home with that gun as DC (and Baltimore) make it illegal to carry a firearm (and it's a vague definition of carry) within 1000ft of any public gathering place (schools, state/federal building, the damn public pool) an DC is laid out where almost all of these are within walking distance of each other.
This poor guy was screwed the moment he put that ammo in his trunk.
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Sgt Jerami Ballard
Yes it is, something that the gun control laws didn't lower. The supposed drop in crime rate that would've accompanied stricter gun control was offset by an equal percentage increase in violent home invasions.
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