Man pulls out unloaded gun, causes panic at LAX airport

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Man pulls out unloaded gun, causes panic at LAX

Updated 11:37 pm, Friday, November 8, 2013

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — An arriving passenger has been arrested on suspicion of brandishing a weapon in the baggage claim area of Los Angeles International Airport's Terminal 3, causing momentary panic before authorities determined his handgun was unloaded.

Terminal 3 was the site of a deadly gun attack last week that left a Transportation Security Administration officer dead and three others wounded.
Airport police Sgt. Karla Ortiz said the man either took out the gun or a gun carrying case around 9 p.m. Friday. At least one witness who saw the act notified authorities and the bomb squad was called in to search his bag.

The man had declared his weapon and cleared security before getting on his flight to LAX. Ortiz said his offense was showing off a weapon in a public area.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Man-pulls-out-unloaded-gun-causes-panic-at-LAX-4969774.php

 

[Reason]

people are such crybabies

 

[James Madison]

The man had declared his weapon and cleared security before getting on his flight to LAX. Ortiz said his offense was showing off a weapon in a public area.

LOL

Secession, anyone?

 

[aGameOfThrones]

The man had declared his weapon and cleared security before getting on his flight to LAX. Ortiz said his offense was showing off a weapon in a public area.

Fucking assholes.

 

[Scrapmo]

Will the LA be offering trauma counseling to all those poor people who had a gun brandished in thier vicinity?

 

[devil21]

Good lord. So it sounds like he checked that his gun box and contents were secure in the baggage area after picking it up on the carousel. He followed all laws to transport his gun. TSA NEVER steals people's shit :eyesroll

THIS is why these "random shootings" prove so effective in swaying public perception of bearing arms.

 

[devil21]

double post

 

[AngryCanadian]

people are such crybabies

lol these people haven't seen what an actual war zone looks like.

 

[shane77m]

LOL

Secession, anyone?

I believe that to be the only option left. It is best to separate the wheat from the chaff.

 

[dannno]

Good thing I'm not going to LAX today... Oh wait fuck I AM going there today

 

[dannno]

What the fuck is a millimeter wave scanner??

 

[eduardo89]

What the fuck is a millimeter wave scanner??

 

[dannno]

That's not the picture they showed me..

 

[mrsat_98]

Fucking assholes.

Thank State the officers where not hurt.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

Charlie Wilson circa Afghan Freedom Fighters

 

[ghengis86]

Charlie Wilson circa Afghan Freedom Fighters

Finger off the trigger dumbass. Even the chick above you knows that...

On topic: the world is breeding pussies.

 

[Matt Collins]

The thing is that you HAVE to declare your weapon if you're going to be checking it. And when you declare it you HAVE to show it.

 

[jdcole]

Yamamoto never actually said that. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Isoroku_Yamamoto

That aside, the level of absurdity I find in the simple FEAR of guns is extremely high.

 

[Danke]

The thing is that you HAVE to declare your weapon if you're going to be checking it. And when you declare it you HAVE to show it.

He wasn't checking it in.

"The man, who had arrived at the airport (LAX) from San Francisco, was taken into custody by airport police about 9 p.m., after witnesses spotted him removing the handgun from his checked luggage, said Sgt. Karla Ortiz, an assistant public information officer for the airport police."

 

[ClydeCoulter]

... the man either took out the gun or a gun carrying case ...

Which was it?