TSA Love Field goes ballistic when we don't arrest the people that they catch with guns. We detain them, ID them and run a check on them; if they come back clean then we just do a Grand Jury referral. The last I heard the DA has always worked out something with these folks prior to their Grand Jury hearing since it was an accident that they brought the gun into the sterile area.Charles L. Cotton wrote:Carrying a weapon into the secured area of an airport is prosecuted under state law. TSA will issue a civil fine that can run up to $15,000, if I recall correctly. They will also negotiate them down under certain circumstances, but $1,500 is the lowest I've heard.
Chas.
Now if we didn't feel it was an accident then that would be a different matter. Also, I can assure you that if the TSA was able to arrest these people under federal law, everyone of them would be and probably have a hefty fine or prison sentence because of their forgetfulness.