Reply #32: advice from a guy who packs a gun [View All]

[Mabus]

Gee, who'd thunk it?


http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/20/congressman.gun/

Gun found in congressman's carry-on bag
Lawmaker detained, but not arrested at airport

CNN Washington Bureau
Tuesday, April 20, 2004 Posted: 8:02 PM EDT (0002 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A U.S. congressman was briefly detained at a Kentucky airport Tuesday after authorities found a loaded gun in his bag at a screening checkpoint, authorities said.

Rep. John Hostettler, R-Indiana, "completely forgot" he had the gun in his bag as he prepared to take a US Airways flight to Washington for the first day of work after a two-week recess, a spokesman for the congressman said.

A Homeland Security Department official said Hostettler had a loaded 9 mm Glock pistol in his bag at Louisville International Airport.