joseftu
04-26-2007, 06:34 PM
I know this (http://tinyurl.com/3xtybw) is not a major story, and I would certainly argue that it should have no effect on Huckabee Sr.'s chances.
David Huckabee, a son of Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, was arrested at an Arkansas airport Thursday after a federal X-ray technician detected a loaded Glock pistol in his carry-on luggage.
"I removed the bag and asked Mr. Huckabee if he knew what he had in the bag," Little Rock police officer Arthur Nugent wrote in a report after being summoned to a security checkpoint. "He replied he did now."
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David Huckabee had a .40-caliber Glock pistol in his black carry-on bag. Eight live rounds were in the gun — none in the chamber — and a nine-round clip was also in the bag. The weapon and ammunition were detained by Little Rock police while David Huckabee's gun permit was seized and given to the Arkansas State Police.But I'm curious--for those of you who do carry a gun, what do you think about this kind of mistake? I guess it's possible that he just was using the bag for something else, and forgot the gun was in it? I've done that with a pocket-knife before, and been stopped by airline security. So it's a mistake that even a fairly careful person can make (although in my own defense, I did have a high fever at the time).
But I would think that a gun is something that would be a lot harder to just forget it was there. Wouldn't most gun owners be a little more aware of where the gun was? Or shouldn't they be?
I notice that the police are now going to revoke Huckabee's permit. That seems fair to me--if he's that careless, maybe he shouldn't be carrying. What do you think?
David Huckabee, a son of Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, was arrested at an Arkansas airport Thursday after a federal X-ray technician detected a loaded Glock pistol in his carry-on luggage.
"I removed the bag and asked Mr. Huckabee if he knew what he had in the bag," Little Rock police officer Arthur Nugent wrote in a report after being summoned to a security checkpoint. "He replied he did now."
(SNIP)
David Huckabee had a .40-caliber Glock pistol in his black carry-on bag. Eight live rounds were in the gun — none in the chamber — and a nine-round clip was also in the bag. The weapon and ammunition were detained by Little Rock police while David Huckabee's gun permit was seized and given to the Arkansas State Police.But I'm curious--for those of you who do carry a gun, what do you think about this kind of mistake? I guess it's possible that he just was using the bag for something else, and forgot the gun was in it? I've done that with a pocket-knife before, and been stopped by airline security. So it's a mistake that even a fairly careful person can make (although in my own defense, I did have a high fever at the time).
But I would think that a gun is something that would be a lot harder to just forget it was there. Wouldn't most gun owners be a little more aware of where the gun was? Or shouldn't they be?
I notice that the police are now going to revoke Huckabee's permit. That seems fair to me--if he's that careless, maybe he shouldn't be carrying. What do you think?