Jerry Lewis Cited For Carrying Prop Gun In Luggage At Airport

• July 30, 2008

Granted, it was his carry on luggage and the prop gun was apparently a real gun that had been hollowed out, but even so. Couldn’t authorities have exercised some discretion upon realizing that the gun was completely disabled? And that an 82-year-old Jerry Lewis was unlikely to hijack much of anything?
After all, our laws are intended to protect us. Not convict/fine/imprison as many of us as possible.
And then there’s this rather Orwellian-sounding quote from officer responsible for the citation in answer to a question about whether or not a prop gun could be considered a weapon:

Cassell says if the gun were merely a prop “it wouldn’t be a weapon and we couldn’t cite him for carrying a weapon.”

Got that? If the gun wasn’t a weapon because they cited him for carrying a weapon. But obviously it was a weapon because they cited him for it.
Meaning that the determining factor for whether or not the prop was a weapon was whether or not the cops thought it was a weapon and not whether or not it was capable of actually hurting anyone.
Do I think people should be able to carry guns into the passenger cabins of airplanes? I don’t, actually, but I also don’t think octogenarian comedians should be cited for accidentally putting a stage prop in their carry-ons either.

Tags: Asshats, Domestic Issues, Guns, Politics

http://Array Plasmodium Hussein Pete

Another turd in the punch bowl from “Hannitized.” The intent of laws and agencies are, in fact, to protect us, though the intent may be misplaced, or the execution by agencies flawed.

In the case of the TSA, the point here is the complete and total abdication of anything resembling – not unlike yourself, Hannitized – critical thought. Were the TSA operating at an adult level, prop guns would not be confiscated from well know geriatric comedians, nor would miniature toy guns be confiscated from children.

Your assignment, Hannitized is now a) list all laws prohibiting someone from driving whilst “brown or black”; b) list specific factual cases where this is occcuring. In the completion of this assignment, you are not allowed to quote any of you favorite leftist sites.
http://ndgoon.blogspot.com/ goon

Rob in this case the Jerry Lewis is wrong, replica weapons are not allowed on the airplane so the TSA is right in this instance.
Oswaldo

I agree with Anna. The law must apply to all. How would they react to a guy named Mohammed bin Saudi with a turban and beard going through airport security with a hollowed out bazooka?
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/Anna/ Anna

exercised some discretion upon realizing that the gun was completely disabled?

I don’t know about that. The gun was real in the sense that not many would argue when it’s being pointed at them. So in other words, the gun was still a threating weapon.
Seems to me, if it’s a law it shouldn’t matter if you’re 18 or 82 years old or even famous or a no one… the law should not be different because of who you are.
http://magyartruth.blogspot.com/ Chief RZ

Reminds me of the pre-school girl who was suspended for buttering her sandwich with a plastic knife.
dragon poker

I didnt know Jerry Lewis was a terrorist. If he wants to be taken seriously as a terrorist he will have to fix his gun.
What a farce the TSA is.
Hannitized

After all, our laws are intended to protect us. Not convict/fine/imprison as many of us as possible.

Ah, you never have been caught driving while black or brown I see.

Carry on.

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