Flight attendant brings ccw to airport

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Wow there is all kinds of dumb involved with that.

Not sure how you forget you have a GUN in your purse when going to the AIRPORT. Also not sure how you have a ND with a DA revolver. Incompetence on both sides of the coin here.
 
There was a time, not THAT long ago, where flight crews bypassed security checkpoints and most were carrying a gun, especially stews who were going to laying over in dangerous cities. I caught a few one summer working Atlanta while in college - told them to put it away and keep it in the purse
 
Just to get this straight.

DA Revolvers are what we recommend to newbies as carry pieces because they are so insanely simple, right?

And the guy ND'ed one?

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How about a de-activated hand grenade?

A lady flight attendant tried to take it through security at least five years ago, maybe even before 9/11.
 
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Iramo94 said:
Just to get this straight.

DA Revolvers are what we recommend to newbies as carry pieces because they are so insanely simple, right?

And the guy ND'ed one?

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The "airport" police officer is what the report says. Is this a "real" LEO? Or some minimum wage security guard? I hesitate to think any person could get through the basic police training and not be able to unload a DAO revolver without pulling the trigger.

I don't work in law enforcement, but several of my family members do. Even the slow guys on the force can unload a gun. There is a minimum level of competence.

My guess is that it wasn't a regular officer.
 
That is a good point. Airport security officers meet the same basic qualifications as mall rent a cops. But still you would think that unloading a DA revolver would be rather simple. I was hoping to see this happen at an airport in Chicago or New York, then the ignorance would be somewhat understandable.
 
Many airports have sworn LEO departments, not just "security".

I am ver impressed that ABC did not manage to turn the stew's j-frame into an assault weapon in their reporting.
 
Yes it is reported the flight attendant had a CCW permit to carry the gun, and has told the media she forgot it was in her handbag. That is stupid, but plausible.

The officer having an ND with the revolver was really pathetic.
 
Me thinks that those smaller specialized PD's like airport, bridge, schools, transit, and parks, are outside the normal selection process and are a patronage job for a pols nephews too dumb to collect garbage.
 
Hopefully the fight attendant won't have any serious consequenses, I too have forgotten... well the "forget" is not the right word, I am used to carrying and as it is comfortable enough to not to notice the gun all the time (it is just there where supposed to), it is easy to do as usual and NOT leave the gun at home. I do not forget as in "unaware". In subconcious mind there is the knowledge of that, affecting the behaviour (not going to a bar etc).

But I honestly do not see anything wrong with the FA behaviour. She has a revolver and CCW. Like she was flagging it around or something. I have little knowledge in American laws, why was the attendant's CC permit and firearm in question confiscated?

So far no troubles, but the cop, whether he or she, was truly a Gentleman Extraordinaire. At least the attendant did not get any extra holes in the body, now that would have been a bummer.
 
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Are charges being filed against the police for having an accidental discharge, and if not why not?:cuss:
 
At least the airport police officer had the weapn pointed at the wall when he/she tried to unload it by pulling the trigger.

I wonder if they pulled the trigger four more times to complete the unloading process or decided to quit while they were ahead?
 
Me thinks that those smaller specialized PD's like airport, bridge, schools, transit, and parks, are outside the normal selection process and are a patronage job for a pols nephews too dumb to collect garbage.
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You thinks wrong IMO.

A similar incident happened at ATL in December 2011.
http://www.newscentralga.com/news/local ... 54008.html


Something you don't hear of but there have been several ND's airports when people are checking firearms at the service counter. THAT is a whole 'nother level of dumb.
 
This is why I have a bag for travel and I NEVER use it to hold anything gun related. If I am going on a trip somewhere by car I take a different bag. I travel every week so I can easily see forgetting to take something out of your bag, easiest way around that is to never put anything in that bag that can't go through security.
 
I have little knowledge in American laws, why was the attendant's CC permit and firearm in question confiscated?
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You are not allowed to take a firearm through airport security and board the cabin of the plane with it. You can check a firearm as baggage, however, but that's not what she was doing. I believe it was inadvertant, but I doubt she'll get her CCW permit back, but I may be wrong.
 
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At least the airport police officer had the weapn pointed at the wall when he/she tried to unload it by pulling the trigger.

I wonder if they pulled the trigger four more times to complete the unloading process or decided to quit while they were ahead?
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You mean quit before they got any farther behind.
 
Lucky for her, in practical terms, that the weapon was ND'd; I bet all concerned let this one just get dismissed before trial so it can slip away.

Yes, it's hard for me to EVER accept the 'but I didn't know I was armed' nonsense as it speaks to those for whom a weapon is more of a fashion item than a serious responsibility. But no, the lady shouldn't have her life and career ruined over such an oversight. Sadly, her employer will probably give her the boot.
 
I'm sorry but I don't see how a revolver is harder to have a N/D with than a safety less auto. The only thing could be a longer/harder trigger pull. But if you're gonna pull the trigger it's not gonna matter.

Nothing about the unloading process has to do with pulling the trigger, with any weapon.

My bet is that he/she cocked the hammer back and tried to lower it when they lost control of the hammer.
 
I don't know about where some of you guys live but in every U.S. city I have lived in the airport police were actual city cops, not rent a cops. I also think it is amusing that so many here assume that because the "cop" was completely inept with a loaded firearm that he "must" be a rent a cop. How many full time active duty cops today will have had ANY training whatsoever with a DA revolver? None that I know.
 
I'm sorry but I don't see how a revolver is harder to have a N/D with than a safety less auto. The only thing could be a longer/harder trigger pull. But if you're gonna pull the trigger it's not gonna matter.
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1) Readily visible rounds
2) The pull of the trigger does matter - it isn't just the weight, it's the length of pull (relative to say, a striker-fired pistol)
 
^^^ yes but if you think you need to pull the trigger to unload, it won't matter how long or heavy a trigger pull is.

In SA that trigger is shorter than my Glock! That's where my money rides.
 
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