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Maguire did not have a license to carry in Massachusetts
This^^ Not the brightest move in the world, but it definitely happens. Gotta triple-check those bags before you get to the airport!People forget stuff in their bags every day.
People forget stuff in their bags every day.
Well, it's only .9mm. Kind of tiny.
Ooops. The actual act of having a gun in your carry on is civil, not criminal. A friend of mine who lives down south did this, and I think it ended up costing him $1,500 or so. He wasn't allowed to fly that day, had to rent a car and drive 16 hours to where he was teaching, and was made fun of by his friends in the Sheriff's department who held on to the gun until he got back.
In his case the dumbassery was compounded because his range bag doubles as his carry on bag. Which he's been warned about a couple of times.
Even smart people do dumb things sometimes.
A couple of weeks ago I forgot to pack my cheap pocket knife into my checked bag. I found it before I reached the check point and just tossed it in the trash.
News is saying he's licensed in FL, NV, and UT. Even if he was ignorant of MA laws, if he still thought he could carry-on a gun, then those licenses must involve pretty limited training...
He said that Maguire works for Amazon and was traveling on business. This morning when he went to leave, he couldn’t find the carry-on bag he normally uses. The bag he grabbed for the storage closet instead already had the gun inside.
News is saying he's licensed in FL, NV, and UT. Even if he was ignorant of MA laws, if he still thought he could carry-on a gun, then those licenses must involve pretty limited training...
Where is the charge for improper storage? The attorney is basically admitting to it.
Kyle Maguire, of Bridgewater.....Maguire did not have a license to carry in Massachusetts but can carry in Nevada, Utah and Florida.
So does he live here or not? Was he just staying in Bridgewater but lives in another state? If he is a Mass resident with no Mass license then how did he get the gun? If he is not a Mass resident and he came here from somewhere else with the gun what airport security missed the gun the first time?
The TSA says it found 3,390 firearms at checkpoints nationwide last year.
He's got a Utah license and nothing else- He might be waiting on a MA license.
News is saying he's licensed in FL, NV, and UT. Even if he was ignorant of MA laws, if he still thought he could carry-on a gun, then those licenses must involve pretty limited training...
Nothing in MA or FL training requirements wrt to teaching where guns are prohibited.
In fact MA has an obscure CMR making ANY POSSESSION of firearms illegal on ALL of airport property unless unloaded in a locked case for checked luggage. I'm willing to bet 90+% of MA BFS instructors aren't even aware of said CMR.
And common sense isn't all that common.
Nothing in MA or FL training requirements wrt to teaching where guns are prohibited.
In fact MA has an obscure CMR making ANY POSSESSION of firearms illegal on ALL of airport property unless unloaded in a locked case for checked luggage. I'm willing to bet 90+% of MA BFS instructors aren't even aware of said CMR.
And common sense isn't all that common.
Good point. Still, if he cared enough to get licensed, then I'd have thought he would have been knowledgeable enough about guns to realize a carry-on is a poor idea, in any airport.
Clearly no. People never cease to surprise me.
A couple of weeks ago I forgot to pack my cheap pocket knife into my checked bag. I found it before I reached the check point and just tossed it in the trash.
Not in MA. carrying on or attempting to even a knife is a felony.Ooops. The actual act of having a gun in your carry on is civil, not criminal. A friend of mine who lives down south did this, and I think it ended up costing him $1,500 or so. He wasn't allowed to fly that day, had to rent a car and drive 16 hours to where he was teaching, and was made fun of by his friends in the Sheriff's department who held on to the gun until he got back.
In his case the dumbassery was compounded because his range bag doubles as his carry on bag. Which he's been warned about a couple of times.
Even smart people do dumb things sometimes.