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LUVMYSIGP225 · 05-12-2008, 09:04 AM

Our local city (anti-gun) Councilman recently tried to board a plane for New Orleans with a .38 in his briefcase. He got popped by the TSA on Felony Charges, but it ended up getting reduced to a misdemeanor and $500 fine.

Akron City Council President could face felony charges

Dennis Farina will probably get more problems out of the City of L.A., than he will from the Fed.

Bummer, I just watched him in the Bruce Willis movie "Striking Distance".

thisismyusername · 05-12-2008, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by LUVMYSIGP225

I have no problem with the TSA doing their job. It was a mistake on Farina's part, and he haas to deal with it.

However, screw Los Angeles Police for getting involved. Screw their registration. Screw their liberal laws.

I agree on both counts. He broke the law and it shouldn't matter if he's a celebrity or knows someone. I don't agree with the "good ol' boy" network mentality that if you know someone you should not be charged.

As well, if he didn't know there was a handgun in his luggage, what else could have been in his luggage that he didn't know about?

MGD 45 · 05-12-2008, 10:43 AM

Well, in my opinion, the "I forgot it was there..." routine is the same old line that we cops get constantly when we bust someone..to hear it come from an ex-cop is kind of funny.

He ought to know in this day & age with terrorism & such going on, and the amp'd up security at airports, that carrying a gun is a big "no-no". He should have completed all the correct paperwork & procedures......

I'm sure with his celebrity status and attorney's and past work history as a public servant that the Judge won't throw him to the wolves....

D-Bo · 05-12-2008, 12:31 PM

Dennis Farina is the man!

TG13 · 05-12-2008, 03:08 PM

the TSA is out of control..

afmo · 05-12-2008, 03:23 PM

so wait...an EX-cop tries to bring a gun on to an airplane and people are outraged? really? tough Sh!t...he knows the laws. Everyone who's even been semi-coherent since 9/11 knows you can't bring a gun onto an airplane.

Why should he get special treatment because he USED to be a cop? This harks back to the $310 dollar fine thread. Why is a cop somehow more valuable or held less accountable than any of us here?

he did the crime, now do the time just like everyone else...

Jettubby · 05-12-2008, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by NC Dave

I'll second that.

As to the comments about Heller - what's your point?

A favorable decision by SCOTUS that upholds an individual right to keep and bear arms and overturns the DC law that bans having a working firearm in your home in the District of Columbia will not mean that everyone suddenly has the right to carry whatever they want wherever they want. It may open the door to have other bans overturned or declared unconstitutional in the future, but every other law other than the specific DC law in question will still be in place after the Court's decision.

Why are you asking me what's my point? It's not my article. I didn't write it. Just passing it on.

jackbauer · 05-12-2008, 04:50 PM

The thing that I have a problem with in this whole story is the Felony charge for the pistol being not "registered" in CA. Perhaps someone from CA can enlighten me a bit. If I come to CA for a visit and bring a gun, do I have to register it? If Farina is not a "resident" of CA, why would he have to register his gun?

**NC Dave** · 05-12-2008, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jettubby

Why are you asking me what's my point? It's not my article. I didn't write it. Just passing it on.

Oops. That's what I get for not reading closely!!

I have raised the question with the correct author now....

Jettubby · 05-12-2008, 10:48 PM

If you are an officer you can relate.......................

CRIME, GUNS, AND VIDEOTAPE: Caught Bringing Guns Into Airports…

Caught Bringing Guns Into Airports…

Los Angeles--According to what one LAX Police official told the L.A. Times the vast majority of them are off duty cops and such.

Cops carry guns everyday of their lives and don’t dwell on that fact. They are comfortable in knowing they are supposed to do so. Cops are absent minded too.

An example is when a cop is getting on a plane to attend the funeral of a family member or dear friend. Grief and devastating news can consume any normal person who is allowed by law to carry weapons. Remembering that the gun in a bag you drive around with by automobile every day is suddenly contraband on the airplane escapes many. The same goes for retired cops, security people such as bodyguards and private eyes.

The sad news is that many of our law enforcement officers caught up in the TSA dragnet have their careers and in some cases lives shattered by these monumental and embarrassing events.

For safety of all passengers it’s better that trained, vetted cops and retired cops carry their firearms without questions, beyond their official credentials.

It’s mindboggling when you know that two of the four doomed planes on 9/11 had disarmed cops on board who could have stopped the hijackings but for an insane and stupid FAA policy backed by a dumb federal law.

Personally I believe the Second Amendment does not end at a TSA passenger screening checkpoint and neither does the Fourth Amendment against unreasonable search and seizure.

Accordingly, I don’t think it’s too much to ask our government to leave the cops and all American citizens alone if investigation reveals that there was no intent to do harm.

05-12-2008, 09:04 AM	#11
LUVMYSIGP225 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Crackron, Ohio Posts: 5,582	Our local city (anti-gun) Councilman recently tried to board a plane for New Orleans with a .38 in his briefcase. He got popped by the TSA on Felony Charges, but it ended up getting reduced to a misdemeanor and $500 fine. Akron City Council President could face felony charges Dennis Farina will probably get more problems out of the City of L.A., than he will from the Fed. Bummer, I just watched him in the Bruce Willis movie "Striking Distance". __________________ "The hippies got high, and the hippies are dead. I went hunting, and I am still Ted." - The Nuge, 2006.

05-12-2008, 10:43 AM	#13
MGD 45 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Perry Posts: 1,216	Well, in my opinion, the "I forgot it was there..." routine is the same old line that we cops get constantly when we bust someone..to hear it come from an ex-cop is kind of funny. He ought to know in this day & age with terrorism & such going on, and the amp'd up security at airports, that carrying a gun is a big "no-no". He should have completed all the correct paperwork & procedures...... I'm sure with his celebrity status and attorney's and past work history as a public servant that the Judge won't throw him to the wolves.... __________________ " Don't sweat the small stuff...& it's all small stuff. "

05-12-2008, 12:31 PM	#14
D-Bo XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: PDX OR Posts: 280	Dennis Farina is the man! __________________ "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." -Abraham Lincoln "I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend." -Thomas Jefferson "You can disagree with someone and not challenge their character or patriotism" - Barack Obama. "People are not going to be fooled by negative campaigns." - John McCain

05-12-2008, 03:23 PM	#16
afmo XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,848	so wait...an EX-cop tries to bring a gun on to an airplane and people are outraged? really? tough Sh!t...he knows the laws. Everyone who's even been semi-coherent since 9/11 knows you can't bring a gun onto an airplane. Why should he get special treatment because he USED to be a cop? This harks back to the $310 dollar fine thread. Why is a cop somehow more valuable or held less accountable than any of us here? he did the crime, now do the time just like everyone else... __________________ What country can preserve it's liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. It is it's natural manure. - Thomas Jefferson Ruger 22/45 MKIII Springfield XD-9 Service Stevens Model 67 Series E 12g 1948 M44 Mosin-Nagant

05-12-2008, 04:50 PM	#18
jackbauer XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tiffin, OH Posts: 208	The thing that I have a problem with in this whole story is the Felony charge for the pistol being not "registered" in CA. Perhaps someone from CA can enlighten me a bit. If I come to CA for a visit and bring a gun, do I have to register it? If Farina is not a "resident" of CA, why would he have to register his gun? __________________ Chris ("charben" on OFCC forums)

05-12-2008, 03:08 PM	#15
TG13 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Atascocita, Texas. Posts: 118	the TSA is out of control..

05-12-2008, 10:48 PM	#20
Jettubby XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: "Blink...and you're mine!" Posts: 1,921	If you are an officer you can relate....................... CRIME, GUNS, AND VIDEOTAPE: Caught Bringing Guns Into Airports… Caught Bringing Guns Into Airports… Los Angeles--According to what one LAX Police official told the L.A. Times the vast majority of them are off duty cops and such. Cops carry guns everyday of their lives and don’t dwell on that fact. They are comfortable in knowing they are supposed to do so. Cops are absent minded too. An example is when a cop is getting on a plane to attend the funeral of a family member or dear friend. Grief and devastating news can consume any normal person who is allowed by law to carry weapons. Remembering that the gun in a bag you drive around with by automobile every day is suddenly contraband on the airplane escapes many. The same goes for retired cops, security people such as bodyguards and private eyes. The sad news is that many of our law enforcement officers caught up in the TSA dragnet have their careers and in some cases lives shattered by these monumental and embarrassing events. For safety of all passengers it’s better that trained, vetted cops and retired cops carry their firearms without questions, beyond their official credentials. It’s mindboggling when you know that two of the four doomed planes on 9/11 had disarmed cops on board who could have stopped the hijackings but for an insane and stupid FAA policy backed by a dumb federal law. Personally I believe the Second Amendment does not end at a TSA passenger screening checkpoint and neither does the Fourth Amendment against unreasonable search and seizure. Accordingly, I don’t think it’s too much to ask our government to leave the cops and all American citizens alone if investigation reveals that there was no intent to do harm. __________________ T "You can come along peacefully or you don't have to come along at all". - Sonny Crockett "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." - Abraham Lincoln "My 1911 is better than your 911."

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