MILLER: D.C. investigating Mark Witaschek's taxes after conviction for muzzleloader bullet
The District of Columbia has spent almost two years persecuting a good man because they wrongly thought he had guns in the city. Published April 9, 2014
Emily Miller is senior editor of opinion for The Washington Times. She is the author of “Emily Gets Her Gun … But Obama Wants to Take Yours” (Regnery 2013). Miller won the 2012 Clark Mollenhoff Award for Investigative Reporting from the Institute on Political Journalism.
The District of Columbia has spent almost two years persecuting a good man because they wrongly thought he had guns in the city. Published April 9, 2014
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