A man is facing several gun-related charges after he attempted to take a gun onto a plane at Ottawa International Airport.
Ottawa Police and Canadian Air Transport Security Authority officers intercepted a .22 calibre handgun in the checked luggage of the man during the security screening process.
Police say he was preparing to board a domestic flight bound for Alberta.
He was charged with possession of a restricted firearm with ammunition, careless transportation of a firearm, unauthorized possession of a firearm and two counts of attempting to commit an indictable offence.
WOW. I would say he is a brick or two short of a full load. I don't think his dipstick quite touches the oil.
Like they say "The oil is in Alberta but the dipsticks are in Ottawa".
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The average pilot, despite the somewhat swaggering exterior, is very much capable of such feelings as love, affection, intimacy and caring.
These feelings just don't involve anyone else.
As i was posting the last remark, an add popped up on the bottom of the screen advertising handgun training. I got a good giggle out of that one.
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The average pilot, despite the somewhat swaggering exterior, is very much capable of such feelings as love, affection, intimacy and caring.
These feelings just don't involve anyone else.
You beat me to it. Unless he had planned to somehow get into the cargo compartment in flight without anyone noticing and find his exact bag, this is a non event. Please explain how dangerous a small (.22) gun in someones checked bag is?
Yeah exactly, oh no he had a gun that he was trying to carry under the plane.
News flash I carry a 300 Win Mag, with Ammo every hunting season. Whats the deal
The only think that is bad is yeah it was a hand gun on the restricted list, so yeah he probably did not have the proper paper work for transporting it. Boo Hoo who cares as long as it was locked up.
There was an interesting case out of the US years back. A guy got searched and they found a joint in his wallet. He was arrested, but the evidence was ruled inadmissable because the purpose of the screeners is to search passengers for dangerous items, which a joint is not. Because it is impossible to carry something dangerous in a wallet (or so was the thinking back then), it was unconstitutional to search a wallet.
Does CATSA always alert police when a firearm is "found" in luggage?
crazy_aviator wrote:Reality check folks !!! His little gun was CHECKED IN NO risk to anyone , end of story, no medals to be given!!!!
Not exactly, there was a case some years ago south of the border where a handgun in the luggage hold discharged during loading or unloading and sent a round into the passenger cabin, I think it passed through a seat and into an overhead bin. Pure luck there was no one in the seat at the time. So I would argue a loaded hand gun does pose a risk even in the cargo/baggage hold.
flyinhigh wrote:Yeah exactly, oh no he had a gun that he was trying to carry under the plane.
News flash I carry a 300 Win Mag, with Ammo every hunting season. Whats the deal
The only think that is bad is yeah it was a hand gun on the restricted list, so yeah he probably did not have the proper paper work for transporting it. Boo Hoo who cares as long as it was locked up.
Checked luggage no prob, being a responsible hunter you make sure the weapon is not loaded at the time of travel right? This guys gun was loaded by the sound of it, big difference.
60N30W wrote:
Not exactly, there was a case some years ago south of the border where a handgun in the luggage hold discharged during loading or unloading and sent a round into the passenger cabin, I think it passed through a seat and into an overhead bin. Pure luck there was no one in the seat at the time. So I would argue a loaded hand gun does pose a risk even in the cargo/baggage hold.
Yeah, but I doubt CATSA could tell if it was loaded from the scan. I'm guessing the person didn't do the paperwork with the airline or have the appropriate RPAL/ATT/Registration combination.
Edit: Although they could probably tell if it had a proper trigger or breech lock which would have been legally required.
