fellow ex-marine started an online letter-writing campaign to help jerome. >> we are asking that ryan jerome'sbe moved from the prosecution file to the "to be dismissed" file. >> reporter: the head of a gun control group sympathizes with jerome, but adds this. >> if you decide to have a gun, there is a lot of responsibility that comes with that. one of the responsibilities is knowing where and when you can carry that gun. >> i hope everything works out for the best. >> reporter: prosecutors deciding whether it's best to fully enforce a gun law in some cases where it may have missed its mark. susan candiotti, cnn, new york. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> it's primary day in south carolina. polls close in about three hours from now. poll workers tell cnn the turnout is lighter than it has been in past primaries. a new poll released this morning gives newt gingrich a 14-point lead over rival republican mitt romney. >>> cnn is the place to be for

ryan jerome, his attorney, mark, and faith jenkens, former prosecutor join me this evening.yan, i'll start with you, why did you think it was okay to bring your gun to new york city. >> well, actually before i left on my trip to come out here, i actually got online on my cell phone and i looked up a website and looked for the new york gun laws and from my understanding, from looking at the site, i was, i was legal to carry my weapon. >> judge jeanine: what we were looking at the screen of the website where you actually went to, looks complicated to me. you want to put that back up, guys. this as what you accessed on your cell phone. you go to secure your gun and what happened? >> go to the empire state building. i actually bought a ticket outside and told the salesman i have a gun, do i leave it in the hoe room or check it in security. he said you should have no problem checking it with security and i went directly to security and told them exactly what i told the salesman outside and that i had a gun and from that point on i found out it's illegal to have a gun and couple m