Originally Posted by
law dawg
Are they doing it because the person carried the gun to the airport that day? As in - you shouldn't have had this to begin with (I totally disagree with those strict gun laws in DC and Chicago, et al, but it's their laws, not mine!)? Or is it transiting, layover harassment? Does it make a difference?
The claim is that the person possessed the gun with no permit.
Even though the DOJ letter specifically lays out the scenario where a person is traveling legally from one state to another and is only moving a gun from the airport parking lot to the check in counter, and agrees that this is covered by LEOSA, the PAPD does not agree and has an instruction by the local prosecutors to arrest those individuals. These people are in jail for days and never get their guns back.
The NRA has filed a suit on their behalf against the PAPD and it is in the court process now.