“The San Bernardino County district attorney’s office has filed criminal charges against a California lawmaker who attempted to take a loaded gun onto an airplane,” according to the L.A. Times.
“Tim Donnelly, a self-described tea party Republican from San Bernardino, was charged with carrying a loaded firearm in public without a concealed weapons permit and possessing a gun in an airport. Both offenses are misdemeanors, punishable by up to 18 months in jail and $2,000 in fines.
“A vocal advocate for gun rights, Donnelly was detained by police at Ontario International Airport last month after security screeners discovered a loaded .45-caliber Colt Mark IV pistol and an ammunition magazine with an additional five rounds in his carry-on luggage.
“The assemblyman, who was headed for Sacramento to attend the opening of the new legislative year, later characterized the incident as an “unfortunate mistake.” He told reporters he had forgotten to remove the gun from his briefcase after placing it there while working in his home garage.
“On Friday, Donnelly issued a statement in which he said he had taken responsibility for ‘an innocent mistake.’
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The benefit of the doubt is probably the best that can be given to him I guess. However, since he’s a law maker and gun rights advocate, I hope the judge makes “an example” out of him by awarding him the full punishment.
This youtube video put a nice summary on the TPP folks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=B5OWRRJh-PI#!
Wow…..and I rarely say WOW….that was fantastic.
Indeed, I’m almost breathless!
Sad that I know the names of all the leaders of countries “we” are itching to go to war with and didn’t know the name of the President of Ireland. (“we” in quotes because I’m not wanting to go to war with anyone.) This was very impressive. Coming from the leader (actually this was during his campaign) of a country with so many cultural ties to this country is even more impressive.