The odd factor in this episode...because you need to know the location of the studio used....if he’d been 2 miles in either direction...the magazine would have been perfectly legit. Because of this “NO-Brain-Zone” (similar to the Paris NO-Go zone)....he was in violation of DC law. The fact that the law also says you can’t kill anyone within the borders of DC...since 1980....we’ve seen around 6,000 people killed. Laws don’t seem to be effective, if people don’t obey them.
And let us not forget that EMPTY CASINGS are also illegal in DC. Punishment is the same—up to $1000 fine and a year in jail.
http://usfinancepost.com/d-c-man-faces-two-years-for-having-empty-shell-casing-8760.html