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Woman Arrested for Having a Gun in Her Carryon
FlyerTalk May 19, 2020
As we all get back to hitting the road, it will take some time to get used to things: like taking your gun out of your bag before you go to the airport. A Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania woman was arrested last week when the TSA discovered a handgun in her carry-on at Pittsburgh International Airport.
The unloaded .22 caliber revolver was discovered by TSA agents on May 15, just before 7 a.m. when it went through the x-ray monitor. TSA agents then called the local police who confiscated the gun and detained the woman. She was charged with carrying a firearm without a license or a valid concealed weapons permit.
She was arraigned and then released on her own recognizance.
Unless I'm mistaken, the news is that she was actually arrested. Over the years I've read about people at ATL that 'forgot' their guns and they were not arrested. I always wondered why they were not.
TSA are not "agents". They don't have guns and they didn't swear an oath to uphold the Constitution. They are more like mall security guards driving around in cars with blinky lights. Note the TSA had to call the police to do anything: "TSA agents then called the local police who confiscated the gun and detained the woman."
Quoting slykens: (replying to Dubiox) "In Pennsylvania, likely nothing. She is potentially subject to a federal civil penalty, however." The article stated that she was arrested by local police and later arraigned and released. The arrest and arraignment imply she was charged criminally. The fact that the arrest was made by local police implies it was either a local, city, county or state matter. Not a federal matter. That said, carrying a concealed weapon without a license is a 3rd degree felony in PA pursuant to [Pennsylvania Statutes Title 18 Pa.C.S.A. Crimes and Offenses § 6106. Firearms not to be carried without a license] . If she is otherwise eligible for a license, is able to obtain one, and has no criminal record, the charge is reduced to a misdemeanor.
arcticflyer said: "Did they post the ethnicity of this woman? I think I can guess. Unregistered firearm and no CCL and the caliber suggests inner-city mentality." Racist much?
I doubt arcticflier knows anything about "inner-city mentality".