They will likely ruin this man's life because the police officer was not knowledgable enought to unload the derringer safely, or smart enough to ask the possible owner how to do it.
It is not impossible to forget you have a gun when you carry it all the time. Example, my wife and I were being dropped off at an airport earlier in the year for a trip to Denver. Just as the car pulled away my wife realized she had her gun in her purse. I ran after the car that dropped us off and caught them before they got too far, passed them the gun and everything was fine.
But, what would have happened if she had not remembered when she did.......I told her I would try and see her every visiting day for sure.
Any police officer who cannot unload a weapon without it firing should return to a safe civilian job like cleaning toilets.
Remind me not to be around this “Police Officer” when he’s unloading his service firearm. There is NO reason for a firearm to discharge unless you pull the trigger.
An Atlanta police officer who responded to the scene was trying to unload the gun when it went off.
Aren’t LEOs supposed to be the well trained experts? I guess pulling the trigger is one way to unload a firearm but it’s not recommended.
I travel a lot and am constantly paranoid about this. To reduce my risk I never put my firearms in any bag I take to the airport. I also never put ammunition in them. So far its worked.
Pellet in the face, rice grains in the arse ,,, he was channeling his inner Kerry. Give him a Purple Heart.
“Popkin was arrested and charged with carrying a weapon in an unauthorized place.”
Whatever happened to the concept of criminal intent as being a necessary element before one is charged with a felony? What this man did is a tort.
We really are a fascist state. In a fascist state, people are arrested for offending the state, and no criminal intent is necessary.
How many Washington fascist pigs could we arrest for committing an error or having a lapse in judgment?
From the descriptions, this might be the gun. Be advised, you have to page down through many HOT military chicks before you get to the gun photo.
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Pulling the trigger is one way of unloading it.
They will likely ruin this man's life because the police officer was not knowledgable enought to unload the derringer safely, or smart enough to ask the possible owner how to do it.
I agree for the most part. Personally, I think a more sane solution would be to allow Americans to carry firearms pretty much anywhere, including airplanes. There is no benefit in having an aircraft full of disarmed sheep.
This will probably ruin this man's life because he wsn't responsible enough to remove the loaded firearm from his bag before going through security. A responsible firearm owner always knows where his firearms are and whether they are loaded. No excuses.