Tea Party Patriots chair arrested

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Tea Party Patriots chair arrested

The chairman of the conservative Tea Party Patriots group was arrested at a New York City airport today for gun possession, a spokeswoman for the Queens District Attorney said.

Mark Meckler has been charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and would be charged shortly, said a spokeswoman for Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.

He was arrested at LaGuardia airport.

The Tea Party Patriots is one of the biggest groups within the grassroots fiscal conservative Tea Party movement, which emerged in 2009 and has helped elect dozens of Republicans.


http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/bre ... ing63.html

BinauralJam

and i was having a shit day!

usamamasan1

doesn't say much in that article. I often have firearms at the airport. They are in a case and unloaded (however the ammo is right there in the same case) and I check them. I wonder if he tried to go through security with one in his carry on? The article is not delivering.

satansbed

usamamasan1 wrote:

doesn't say much in that article. I often have firearms at the airport. They are in a case and unloaded (however the ammo is right there in the same case) and I check them. I wonder if he tried to go through security with one in his carry on? The article is not delivering.

thats cause it only happened today, further information will take abit longer to come out

usamamasan1

According to the Port Authority, he was arrested shortly after 5:20 a.m. by police at the airport. Meckler is charged with a Class "C" Felony, which carries up to 15 years in prison. However, as he declared the gun and presented his other identification to the ticket agent he is not likely to face jail time, officials said.
"He had a misunderstanding of the law. He had a permit to carry in California," said Al Della Fave, a spokesman for the Port Authority Police. "They charged him with possession of a concealed weapon in the second degree."

THIS is precisely why the house made a great passage of HR 822 last month. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/11/houses-passes-bill-making-concealed-carry-permits-valid-across-state-lines/

By a bipartisan vote of 272-154, the House passed a measure that will enable non-resident gun owners to carry a concealed firearm across state borders.

Forty-three Democrats joined 229 Republicans in supporting the measure, which had 245 co-sponsors. Just seven Republicans joined 147 Democrats in voting against the bill.

H.R. 822, the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011, allows gun owners with valid state-issued concealed firearm permits to carry a concealed firearm in other states that also allow concealed carry.

“The Second Amendment is a fundamental right to bear arms that should not be constrained by state boundary lines,” said the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas. “This legislation enhances public safety and protects the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment.”

Currently, Illinois is the only state that bans individuals from carrying concealed firearms, while 49 states allow concealed carry permits. Forty of those that do allow it extend some degree of reciprocity to permit holders from other states. This bill simply applies the states’ reciprocal agreements nationwide.

The bill is unlikely to pass in the Democratic-controlled Senate, where companion legislation has not yet been introduced.

Brian Malte, the federal legislation director for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said the bill would create a “race to the bottom,” where people would flock to states with the most lax requirements in order to obtain a concealed handgun license.

“This bill says, ‘Forget states rights, forget the ability of states to determine which states you want to have a reciprocal agreement with,’” Malte said. “It’s a one-size-fits-all that tramples states rights, that allows dangerous and untrained people to carry in any state.”

But under the bill, those non-resident permits would not be valid in the license-holder’s home state.

For example, if a Maine resident did not meet the permit requirements of his or her state, but could obtain a permit from, say, Florida, that person would be able to carry a concealed weapon under a Florida permit in every state except her home state home state of Maine – and Illinois, which does not allow concealed carry.

Lt. David Bowler of the Maine State Police Special Investigations Unit said he was concerned that people who would not be able to obtain a concealed handgun license in Maine would still be able to carry a concealed weapon in his state with a less-strict out-of-state permit.

“[The legislation] doesn’t necessarily worry me, but I do have concern that there may be people carrying concealed weapons in the state of Maine that do not meet our qualifications,” Bowler said. “If [other states] have less strict standards, we are going to have people in this state with handguns concealed that we probably would not normally have.”

Smellyman

guns are awesome.

woot

gimmesometruth27

guns at airports are always a good choice....

kinda like samuel jackson beer....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ItxVWTikGI

satansbed

usamamasan1 wrote:

According to the Port Authority, he was arrested shortly after 5:20 a.m. by police at the airport. Meckler is charged with a Class "C" Felony, which carries up to 15 years in prison. However, as he declared the gun and presented his other identification to the ticket agent he is not likely to face jail time, officials said.
"He had a misunderstanding of the law. He had a permit to carry in California," said Al Della Fave, a spokesman for the Port Authority Police. "They charged him with possession of a concealed weapon in the second degree."

THIS is precisely why the house made a great passage of HR 822 last month. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/11/houses-passes-bill-making-concealed-carry-permits-valid-across-state-lines/

By a bipartisan vote of 272-154, the House passed a measure that will enable non-resident gun owners to carry a concealed firearm across state borders.

Forty-three Democrats joined 229 Republicans in supporting the measure, which had 245 co-sponsors. Just seven Republicans joined 147 Democrats in voting against the bill.

H.R. 822, the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011, allows gun owners with valid state-issued concealed firearm permits to carry a concealed firearm in other states that also allow concealed carry.

“The Second Amendment is a fundamental right to bear arms that should not be constrained by state boundary lines,” said the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas. “This legislation enhances public safety and protects the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment.”

Currently, Illinois is the only state that bans individuals from carrying concealed firearms, while 49 states allow concealed carry permits. Forty of those that do allow it extend some degree of reciprocity to permit holders from other states. This bill simply applies the states’ reciprocal agreements nationwide.

The bill is unlikely to pass in the Democratic-controlled Senate, where companion legislation has not yet been introduced.

Brian Malte, the federal legislation director for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said the bill would create a “race to the bottom,” where people would flock to states with the most lax requirements in order to obtain a concealed handgun license.

“This bill says, ‘Forget states rights, forget the ability of states to determine which states you want to have a reciprocal agreement with,’” Malte said. “It’s a one-size-fits-all that tramples states rights, that allows dangerous and untrained people to carry in any state.”

But under the bill, those non-resident permits would not be valid in the license-holder’s home state.

For example, if a Maine resident did not meet the permit requirements of his or her state, but could obtain a permit from, say, Florida, that person would be able to carry a concealed weapon under a Florida permit in every state except her home state home state of Maine – and Illinois, which does not allow concealed carry.

Lt. David Bowler of the Maine State Police Special Investigations Unit said he was concerned that people who would not be able to obtain a concealed handgun license in Maine would still be able to carry a concealed weapon in his state with a less-strict out-of-state permit.

“[The legislation] doesn’t necessarily worry me, but I do have concern that there may be people carrying concealed weapons in the state of Maine that do not meet our qualifications,” Bowler said. “If [other states] have less strict standards, we are going to have people in this state with handguns concealed that we probably would not normally have.”

could you post the original post you had again please,

and also some links

danke

usamamasan1

here is the original post link.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/que ... e-1.992252

here is link of what i posted.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/tea-party ... d=15165432

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

guns at airports are always a good choice....

I fly often. its cool though, I buy carbon offsets.