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A man was arrested at JFK after TSA officers detected a handgun hidden inside a DVD player in his luggage
The TSA announced the arrest in a press release to their website Thursday, saying the gun was hidden in the New York-native’s checked bag, which triggered an alarm during security scanning. “TSA officers spotted a DVD player inside the checked bag. Upon further inspection, TSA officers detected a 9mm handgun wrapped in aluminum foil that was artfully concealed inside the DVD player,” the statement read. “The gun was not loaded.” TSA then contacted Port Authority Police, who found the man waiting… (www.airlive.net) Plus d'info...
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While it is legal to fly with firearms in checked luggage domestically provided the firearms are declared, this was an international flight going to Mexico where private possession of firearms is tightly restricted.
If it was registered and he was the owner, he obviously failed to adequately notify the airline and fill out the required paperwork allowing transport of a weapon by air. He also gets the “lowest IQ” award for wrapping a 9mm in tin foil and hiding it in a DVD case thinking it would “foil” the xray and/or metal detector scans.
That's funny right there.
Checked baggage doesn't go through metal detectors. There's no "and/or".
put it this way - if he was the owner and it was registered, why would he hide it and wrap it in tin foil instead of doing the paperwork?
It doesn't say anywhere that the gun was registered.
