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Gun Goes Off at Checkpoint at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport
A scare at the busiest airport in the world, as a gun goes off at a security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that TSA agents spotted a .22-caliber Magnum in a bag that was going through the x-ray machine on Sunday. It turns out the gun was loaded with small game pellet ammunition known as "snake" bullets.
An Atlanta police officer who responded to the scene was trying to unload the gun when it went off. No one was injured, but the officer wrote in his report:
“I was grazed by a pellet fragment on the left side of my face. However, there were no visible injuries.”
The man who owned the gun, 43-year-old Richard Popkin, said he didn't realize the gun was in his messenger bag.
Popkin was arrested and charged with carrying a weapon in an unauthorized place.
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For the objective of those
For the objective of those who do not know burden checkpoints are roadblocks used to stop obstacle so that relatedness enforcement officials tins cluster drivers for possible alcohol or medication impairment http://www.realexamguide.com/642-902.html
Well waddayaknow...a
Well waddayaknow...a professional making a mistake with a gun....whodathunkit. Guess that shoots holes thru the idiocy of antigun morons who seem to think that citizens are too stupid to own a gun but cops are incapable of making mistakes or committing crimes.
The gun may have been a North
The gun may have been a North American Arms revolver made in Salt Lake City. These stainless revolvers load and unload by removing the cylinder pin and then the cylinder. You need to rotate the cylinder to get it out which means pulling the hammer back slightly. The guns are very, very small. The trigger has no guard. If you pull the hammer too far back and then pull the trigger it will go off. This sounds stupid but extreme care in needed to prevent mishaps during the loading and unloading phase. The guns are so small they can fit inside of a belt buckle designed to hold them. This buckle was popular before the days of concealed carry permits as it clearly was not concealed but no one would realize the thing was an operational firearm until it was too late.
E Zach Lee-Wright
Did they arrest the TSA moron
Did they arrest the TSA moron for unauthorized stupidity?
Guns don't just "go off" by themselves. Seems pretty clear this idiot pulled the trigger, or at the very least, failed to remove the magazine before cycling the action and clearly did NOT have the gun pointed in a safe direction.
He should be fired.
Sound like two people messed
Sound like two people messed up here: the cop who didnt bother to ask for help when he needed it, and the idiot who had the gun in the first place.
We have got to stop doing this. It isnt that hard to check baggage.
Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong. Ayn Rand