Gun Nut raises eyebrows carrying rifle through Atlanta airport
A man carrying a rifle inside Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport wasnt breaking any laws, but he did raise a few eyebrows, including those of some police officers.
Jim Cooley says he carried his gun through the terminal when he and his wife went to drop his daughter off for her flight. He says he knew he wasnt breaking any rules because he has a full understanding of Georgias gun laws.
You can carry in unsecured areas of the airport. Past TSA, never, Cooley said.
Thats exactly what he did. Cooley carried his AR-15 fully loaded with a 100-round drum through parts of the terminal.
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Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)COLGATE4
(14,840 posts)n2doc
(47,953 posts)"Dad! Quit poking me in the belly with that gun!"
COLGATE4
(14,840 posts)Paladin
(28,766 posts)Lots of hrumph-ing about how such a showy open carry display does the pro-gun movement harm. Oh, and that 100-round drum magazine? Can't have one of those---they're prone to jamming (which might allow some targets to escape and live to see another day)......
flamin lib
(14,559 posts)Saviolo
(3,321 posts)As a random person walking through the airport, it makes me feel nervous. I know nothing about this person carrying a high rate of fire weapon through a crowded airport. I'd be worried to turn my back.
As the gun carrier, he must be aware that a "good guy with a gun" knows nothing about this guy, and might decide that such a conspicuous display of a weapon might mean something amiss.
If I were in that airport terminal, I'd be reporting to security that there is a man carrying a large gun openly in the terminal. Acting suspiciously? Well, he's CARRYING A LARGE GUN OPENLY!
Oh, wait, he's a white dude, nothing to see here, apparently.
Paladin
(28,766 posts)Like all conspicuous open carry events, there is only one intention on display, here: intimidation of as big a segment of the public as possible.