Sen. Jim Webb(D-VA) Finally Admits he owned the gun his Aide Carried into the Capitol Building

Back in March Sen. Jim Webb’s aide was arrested for carrying a weapon into the capitol building. Of course the senator denied giving his weapon to the aide. He also wouldn’t say whether the gun was his. Now he has admitted the gun was his.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – 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.”

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.

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.

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.

There are still many unanswered questions here. This whole thing sounds suspicious to me. Of course we will never know the answers to the questions as he is a Democrat and can do no wrong. At least intentionally. It’s always a misunderstanding when dealing with Democrats, with Republicans it’s always a crime. Force resignation first, ask questions later. Let’s not forget that Jim Webb had an altercation with president Bush after last year’s election when the president asked Webb how his son (who is serving in Iraq) was.