To happen at all is careless.....but twice??!!

https://www.wfmz.com/news/tsa-...-US-World-News-Block

A loaded gun was found in North Carolina U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn's carry-on bag at an airport security checkpoint Tuesday — the second time he has been stopped with a gun at an airport in the past 14 months, officials said.

When Cawthorn went through checkpoint D at Charlotte Douglas International Airport with the gun, a 9 mm Staccato C2, around 9 a.m., Transportation Security Administration officers notified Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officers on standby in the area, TSA spokesperson R. Carter Langston said.

Responding officers identified the 26-year-old Republican as the owner of the bag where the gun was found, police said in a statement. Cawthorn acknowledged that the gun was his and cooperated with officers, authorities said. He was issued a citation for possession of a dangerous weapon on city property, a misdemeanor. Cawthorn was released but police held on to the firearm, as is routine.

The infraction is punishable by civil penalties, including a fine of up to $13,900 depending on certain factors, such as whether a firearm is loaded and multiple offenses, Langston said. In this case the firearm was loaded.

Langston said this was the second time in recent history that a gun was found in Cawthorn’s carry-on bag. The first was at an Asheville Regional Airport checkpoint in February 2021.

TSA officers have intercepted more than 1,800 firearms at checkpoints so far this year, Langston said.

A spokesperson for Cawthorn’s office and his campaign didn't immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

After winning a GOP congressional primary runoff in 2020 over then-President Donald Trump’s pick, Cawthorn won the general election at age 25 and has became one of Trump’s strongest supporters. Trump recently featured Cawthorn as a rally speaker and endorsed him for reelection.

Fellow Republicans in North Carolina have spoken out against his reelection, however, including U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, who has endorsed a state legislator for the seat. Cawthorn has drawn criticism for recent incendiary comments, including one in which he called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “thug.”

The airport checkpoint incidents haven’t been Cawthorn's only brushes with law enforcement. Last month, for the third time in five months, he was cited by state troopers for a traffic violation, including driving with a revoked license. He is scheduled to appear in court on May 6.

I’m originally from NC and as such, I still follow the goings on there to a degree. My impression of Cawthorn is that he’s big on mouth and small on thinking things through.

He is a loose cannon. That is being polite.

The kid had a lot of promise, but he's imploding.

A 26 year old kid taking on a 240 year old good old boys club is going to lose every time...badly.

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Originally posted by Leemur:
I’m originally from NC and as such, I still follow the goings on there to a degree. My impression of Cawthorn is that he’s big on mouth and small on thinking things through.

So as we'd say in Texas (to reference another thread), he's "all hat and no cattle". Pretty close??

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Originally posted by Leemur:
I’m originally from NC and as such, I still follow the goings on there to a degree. My impression of Cawthorn is that he’s big on mouth and small on thinking things through.

Kid is a moron, recently accusing members of congress of orgy this and doing drug that without anything to back up his claim. Stupid ass. It wouldn't surprise me one bit, if it's true, but when you're a public figure making wild claim, you had better backed it up with evidence.

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Originally posted by 12131:

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Originally posted by Leemur:
I’m originally from NC and as such, I still follow the goings on there to a degree. My impression of Cawthorn is that he’s big on mouth and small on thinking things through.

Kid is a moron, recently accusing members of congress of orgy this and doing drug that without anything to back up his claim. Stupid ass. It wouldn't surprise me one bit, if it's true, but when you're a public figure making wild claim, you had better backed it up with evidence.

I agree w/ you however; it’s too bad the other side of the aisle has no qualms about throwing crap out w/o proof.

^^^ I have no qualms about calling them out, on both sides.

He's an appalling embarrassment on his best day.

Zero business being anywhere near Congress or lawmaking and governing.

Unfortunately it is my belief that these idiots on the far right (Cawthorn, Marjorie Taylor Greene) were elected because of the idiots on the far left like AOC and Omar. Sadly I think there is a much larger middle that is unrepresented with both parties pandering to the fringes.

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Originally posted by Ox190:
Unfortunately it is my belief that these idiots on the far right (Cawthorn, Marjorie Taylor Greene) were elected because of the idiots on the far left like AOC and Omar. Sadly I think there is a much larger middle that is unrepresented with both parties pandering to the fringes.

Curious why you categorize Greene as a "far right idiot"?

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Originally posted by Ox190:
Unfortunately it is my belief that these idiots on the far right (Cawthorn, Marjorie Taylor Greene) were elected because of the idiots on the far left like AOC and Omar. Sadly I think there is a much larger middle that is unrepresented with both parties pandering to the fringes.

I don't know why you bring Marjorie Taylor Greene into this thread, but I disagree with your assertion that she is a far right idiot.

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Originally posted by Ox190:
Unfortunately it is my belief that these idiots on the far right (Cawthorn, Marjorie Taylor Greene) were elected because of the idiots on the far left like AOC and Omar. Sadly I think there is a much larger middle that is unrepresented with both parties pandering to the fringes.

You couldn’t be more off base here…

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Originally posted by sgalczyn:
To happen at all is careless.....but twice??!!

https://www.wfmz.com/news/tsa-...-US-World-News-Block

TSA officers have intercepted more than 1,800 firearms at checkpoints so far this year, Langston said.

You can fly with guns, apparently 1,800 of our friends and neighbors aren't reading the rules and regulations. Unload, lock into a separate case, declare, no problems.

Plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle have been discovered violating those simple rules, and they have outed many an anti gunner who wrote a lot of purple prose on deadly guns filling the gutters with blood.

I see this as the typical media dogpile on an R who is openly challenging assumed concepts our enemies are trying to prop up. Are we really so naive as to think that coke and sex in Hollywood are normal, but in DC they would be shunned by our "purer than the driven snow" politicians? They can't even abide by mask mandates. They get caught flying with firearms, too. They have even been investigated and found driving a completely false accusation that a President was colluding with Russia, one still cheerfully touted as fact by the ignorati, and the first lawyer has his trial scheduled May 12 over it.

Corruption is very much part of DC and has been for hundreds of years. So are loaded guns and sex. Lets not be so naive.

Second time in 14 months?

Definitely not a fast learner.

Living in Arizona and having a CCW and carrying daily, this is something I have to be careful with when I travel every year.

So just before I leave the house, I frisk myself and check my bags, then when I arrive at Airport parking I do it again and then a third time just before I walk into the Airport.

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Originally posted by Tirod:

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Originally posted by sgalczyn:
To happen at all is careless.....but twice??!!

https://www.wfmz.com/news/tsa-...-US-World-News-Block

TSA officers have intercepted more than 1,800 firearms at checkpoints so far this year, Langston said.

You can fly with guns, apparently 1,800 of our friends and neighbors aren't reading the rules and regulations. Unload, lock into a separate case, declare, no problems.

Plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle have been discovered violating those simple rules, and they have outed many an anti gunner who wrote a lot of purple prose on deadly guns filling the gutters with blood.

I see this as the typical media dogpile on an R who is openly challenging assumed concepts our enemies are trying to prop up. Are we really so naive as to think that coke and sex in Hollywood are normal, but in DC they would be shunned by our "purer than the driven snow" politicians? They can't even abide by mask mandates. They get caught flying with firearms, too. They have even been investigated and found driving a completely false accusation that a President was colluding with Russia, one still cheerfully touted as fact by the ignorati, and the first lawyer has his trial scheduled May 12 over it.

Corruption is very much part of DC and has been for hundreds of years. So are loaded guns and sex. Lets not be so naive.

Yes, we can fly with firearms. While it can be annoying, it is actually not that difficult. You just have to have patience to deal with the various local LEO working the airport security. At least that was the way it was the last time I flew with a pistol. It was locked inside a suitcase and checked baggage. No problem at all, just the PIA dealing with the locals who had a sad lack of the actual rules.

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Originally posted by Ox190:
Unfortunately it is my belief that these idiots on the far right (Cawthorn, Marjorie Taylor Greene) were elected because of the idiots on the far left like AOC and Omar. Sadly I think there is a much larger middle that is unrepresented with both parties pandering to the fringes.

Curious why you categorize Greene as a "far right idiot"?

She's nuttier than squirrel turds.

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She's nuttier than squirrel turds.

That's an ad hominem attack...
What is your argument/evidence?

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Officials say a loaded gun was found in North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s carry-on bag at an airport security checkpoint

So ... is that all you got?

Was it at least a decent gun, caliber, make/model?

I don't know who this person is and while not real smart act at the airline but seems like a lot of just eating your own especially the ridiculous comments on TMG.

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Originally posted by gearhounds:

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Originally posted by Ox190:
Unfortunately it is my belief that these idiots on the far right (Cawthorn, Marjorie Taylor Greene) were elected because of the idiots on the far left like AOC and Omar. Sadly I think there is a much larger middle that is unrepresented with both parties pandering to the fringes.

You couldn’t be more off base here…

Exactly. He's just peddling the tired leftist media bullshit and lies.

Take a small moment and actually listen to what she has to say apart from media's framing. She's exactly the type of representative conservatives need in congress.