Armed Congressman Tries to Board Plane
by TChris
Congressman John Hostettler (R-IN) had one of those forgetful moments that lead to trouble. As Hostettler passed through a security checkpoint at an airport in Louisville, alert TSA screeners noticed that he had a 9-mm handgun in his carry-on bag.
Others have been arrested (sometimes unnecessarily) for attempting to smuggle banned (albeit less deadly) items onto an airplane, but the Congressman was "briefly detained." He explained that he grabbed the wrong bag and forgot that the bag contained a gun. An honest mistake, no doubt, but one that would cause most people more grief than a brief detention. Moral of the story: It pays to be a Congressman.
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