Good thing everyone got to the airport two hours early, waited in long screening lines, and were subject to unknown background checks...
WASHINGTON - An airline employee found a loaded 9mm handgun Monday lodged between the seats of a Continental Airlines flight after it landed at Newark airport, MSNBC.com has learned.Call me cold hearted, but a "gaffe" like this should end your career, period. If it's so damn important that you carry a loaded weapon on a commercial flight, I've got no problem endorsing a career death penalty for you if you can't remember to keep track of your weapon.
advertisementThe plane departed from Reagan National Airport Monday morning; Reagan National is the airport most used by Washington dignitaries due to its proximity to the Capitol.
The FBI was called in to investigate and determined the weapon, a 9mm Sig-Sauer, belonged to U.S. Secret Service agent, a source familiar with the investigation told MSNBC.com. The agent declared his carry-on weapon at Reagan before boarding and was the only armed agent on board, according to a federal security employee who asked to remain anonymous.
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Hear, hear! People this stu... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Boyd | May 4, 2004 7:22 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Hear, hear! People this stupid/scatterbrained shouldn't be in that type of job.
1. Posted by Boyd | May 4, 2004 7:22 AM |
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Posted on May 4, 2004 07:22
2. Posted by Norman | May 4, 2004 7:25 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Or at least reassigned to guard Kerry against the evil sand patches knocking him over on his bike.
2. Posted by Norman | May 4, 2004 7:25 AM |
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Posted on May 4, 2004 07:25
3. Posted by Mark J | May 4, 2004 7:39 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
What'd he do, carry it in his bloody pocket!?
3. Posted by Mark J | May 4, 2004 7:39 AM |
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Posted on May 4, 2004 07:39
4. Posted by Lachlan | May 4, 2004 11:48 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Good grief. I feel so much safer, now. And I bet dollars to donuts there won't be a reprimand.
4. Posted by Lachlan | May 4, 2004 11:48 AM |
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Posted on May 4, 2004 11:48