Man with guns at LAX decries arrest

Daily Breeze ^ | Jan 10, 2009 | Robert Jablon, AP

[Beaten Valve]

The man arrested at Los Angeles International Airport with a trunk full of guns and nearly 1,000 rounds of ammunition said Saturday that he is a law-abiding weapons enthusiast who had no idea he might be breaking the law.

A day after he was arrested for suspicion of felony transportation of an assault rifle, Phillip Dominguez said he's confident he'll be exonerated.

"Our Second Amendment rights are being trampled in the name of law enforcement," Dominguez said. "I'm a law-abiding, taxpaying gun enthusiast. I have no felonies - up until now."

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[Beaten Valve]

Judges always seem to love letting real criminals get off with just a slap on the wrist.

I wonder how they'll treat this guy?

[cricket]

He will be punished for the crime of being a ‘gun enthusiast’.

[freedumb2003]

a trunk full of guns and nearly 1,000 rounds of ammunition

At an airport? Doesn't he own a radio or TV?

[SENTINEL]

I don’t see the problem, he didn’t try to take them into the terminal or board an aircraft with them.

[mylife]

"In the post-Sept. 11 environment, it is well-known by weapon owners that airports and weapons simply do not mix," said Los Angeles Airport Police Chief George Centeno.

Centeno is a pinhead. There is nothing illegal about having a unloaded gun in an airport parking lot

[ScreamingFist]

I’m sorry, but I know of NOONE that thinks hauling a thousand rounds of ammo and several un-declared weapons to an airport is a good idea in this day and age. Perhaps he wanted to make a point......

[Paladin2]

How was he not following the law? The stuff was in the trunk. 1,000 rounds of 22LR will easily fit in your jacket pockets. One can transport guns (in the hold) on airplanes if you follow the rules.

Sounds like poor reporting at a minimum.

[mylife]

Dominguez said he had 16 pistols, including an 1858 black-powder Army revolver. He also had five rifles - one of them an assault rifle - and nearly 1,000 rounds of ammunition.

Wasn't it 37 pistols and 15 rifles yesterday?

[mylife]

Dominguez said he didn't think he was breaking any laws since all the weapons and ammo were in separate, locked boxes

This guy is completely innocent. he was following the letter of Ca law.

[marktwain]

“In the post-Sept. 11 environment, it is well-known by weapon owners that airports and weapons simply do not mix,” said Los Angeles Airport Police Chief George Centeno.

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What B.S. Centeno knows his officers screwed up big time, and is trying to avoid a lawsuit.

[mylife]

Dominguez said he got state permission to own and use the assault rifle last month but the approval letter didn't mention it was illegal in California to make a pit stop while transporting the weapon from his home to the gun range. That code requires that "registered assault weapons may be transported only between specified locations," according to the Web site of the California Attorney General's Office.

What a horseshit law!

[DBrow]

“At an airport? Doesn’t he own a radio or TV? “

According to CA law, he would have been in just as much trouble had he stopped at a Starbucks. If you own a “registered assault weapon” you can ONLY transport it from it’s safe to the range, nowhere else. I assume this would mean stopping to pick up a shooting buddy at his house, too.

The other guns (surprised the Breeze didn’t call it an arsenal) are not subject to the law.

He has to carry his “assault weapon” paperwork with him when he transports it, too.

It would be easy to stake out one of these registered owners and wait for him to stop for gas. “Driver’s license and registration, please, and open your trunk. What’s this! An assault weapon!”

[mylife]

Thank God I left Ca 17 years ago

[DBrow]

“How was he not following the law? “

He did not take his registered assault weapon directly to the range as required. He stopped somewhere else first, that’s illegal. Apparently red lights are exempt.

[cake_crumb]

Has he been living under a ROCK for the past 7 years?? Sorry, but carrying a trunk full of guns and a thousand rounds of ammo to an airport is just a stupid thing to do.

[highlander_UW]

He also had five rifles - one of them an assault rifle - and nearly 1,000 rounds of ammunition.

So, was it a real assault rifle, or one that looks like an assault rifle to the ignorant MSM?

[cake_crumb]

I don’t know what he thought he was doing, but this is gonna be used AGAINST 2nd Amendment types like us.

[mylife]

When I lived in CA you could buy that AR15 with no registration at all.

Cash. Anywhere.

[DBrow]

With all the other guns, it was legal. The problem is the Bushmaster Assault Weapon, you can only drive to the range and back.

He’s not being busted for taking guns to the airport, he’d be in trouble if he stopped at a library and got caught.

[Concho]

Apparently you dont know NO ONE.

What is this BS “UNDECLARED WEAPONS”? Who or why would anyone need to “DECLARE” any weapons? The man stopped at the check point and told the nazis that he had guns in the locked containers. That is DECLARED. What gave the Gestapo the right to open and search his containers after he declared them? Clearly a case of Gestapo rule. If the man declared them and had no wants or warrants, the gestapo had no right to bust his chops.

Seldom is there less than 1000 rounds of ammo in my truck and seldom is there less than a few firearms in it. Whose business is it? There is no law against transporting either guns or ammo.

Also, just where was this stop made? Was it in fact on the airport or outside the airport, I am seeing both places posted in different posts.

Contribute to this mans legal defense fund to make an example of the Kalifornicate Gestapo.