Tim Donnelly - R California Assemblyman ...

[Hook686]

... no CCW caught with loaded gun in his carry on bag at airport.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...l?show_comment_id=126951872#comment_126951872

Melendez said TSA officials referred the incident to airport police, who cited Donnelly under state law for possession of an unloaded firearm and released him from custody.

Nettles, of the Ontario Airport Police, said the officer who cited Donnelly made a mistake and that the citation will be corrected to reflect that the firearm was loaded. That crime is a misdemeanor with a possible penalty of up to a year in jail and $1,000 fine. Nettles said both the gun and the extra magazine were seized.

I usually read on gun boards how costly illegally carrying a concealed weapon, and trying to board an aircraft with it, is. This does not sound all that serious. California is suppose to be the worst state when it comes to gun laws.

What is the real situation in California.

 

[MLeake]

Why does this smack of Orwell?

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - Animal Farm

 

[Don H]

A lawyer here in Utah was recently (November) arrested for the same thing. He was charged with "possessing a dangerous weapon in an airport secure area ", an infraction with a fine of up to $750.

 

[Buzzcook]

Proving once again that intelligence is not a necessity for office.

What is the real situation in California.

California isn't the communist rat trap many people imagine it to be. In certain areas it's pretty darn conservative.
Like a lot of states gun ownership is more restricted in urban areas than rural.
A few years ago I posted an article about a man who got his CWP with no hassle and in about the same amount of time as other states.