King stopped in Ohio for ammo in luggage

EnglishLady · Dec 13, 2010

AP – Mon Dec 13, 1:15 am ET

CLEVELAND – Boxing promoter Don King was stopped by security at Cleveland's Hopkins International Airport for having ammunition in his carry-on luggage.

Hopkins Airport spokeswoman Jacqueline Mayo says the 79-year-old King was stopped by members of the Transportation Safety Administration on Sunday night. She says King had ammunition for .38-caliber and .357-caliber firearms in his bag.

Mayo says the ammunition was taken and that King was released to continue his trip, she believes to Florida. She said she didn't know if King received a citation.

King didn't immediately return a telephone message seeking comment.

WIOI-TV in Cleveland first reported the incident and said King was in Cleveland for his wife's funeral.

Eighty-seven-year-old Henrietta King died Thursday in Florida from complications from stomach cancer.

skyraider · Dec 13, 2010

EnglishLady said:
AP – Mon Dec 13, 1:15 am ET

CLEVELAND – Boxing promoter Don King was stopped by security at Cleveland's Hopkins International Airport for having ammunition in his carry-on luggage.

Hopkins Airport spokeswoman Jacqueline Mayo says the 79-year-old King was stopped by members of the Transportation Safety Administration on Sunday night. She says King had ammunition for .38-caliber and .357-caliber firearms in his bag.

Mayo says the ammunition was taken and that King was released to continue his trip, she believes to Florida. She said she didn't know if King received a citation.

King didn't immediately return a telephone message seeking comment.

WIOI-TV in Cleveland first reported the incident and said King was in Cleveland for his wife's funeral.

Eighty-seven-year-old Henrietta King died Thursday in Florida from complications from stomach cancer.

Makes me wonder where the gun was hidden,, so if ur a black person u dont go to jail over this, o boy,,hmmm.

usafk9 · Dec 13, 2010

Baseless and uncalled for,Skyraider.

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Doggie Daddy · Dec 13, 2010

usafk9 said:
Baseless and uncalled for,Skyraider.

But after seeing some of the things that have gone on in this country in the last two years,I would say Skyraider has made a fairly accurate statement. j/s.

Turtle · Dec 13, 2010

If it was a loaded gun, or there was an unloaded gun laying right there next to the ammo, he'd have been arrested. For ammo with no gun, nobody is gonna get arrested, unless you make a big stink when they try to take the ammo away.

layoutshooter · Dec 13, 2010

This does not say much for the thinking ability of said Mr. King. You really just cannot be the sharpest tack in the box to carry ammunition onto an aircraft unless you have the proper clearances to do so. Keep in mind that it is NOT illegal to carry either ammunition OR firearms onto a commercial airliner. It is done all the time. It just requires the proper paperwork and containers.

greg334 · Dec 13, 2010

Actually it is more of a shame than anything else.

We worry about the airports and act like it is a crime to do something that is rather not really a big deal. Taking away nail clippers, p38 can openers, people's water bottles and so on just proves what why terrorist have won the fight.

layoutshooter · Dec 13, 2010

greg334 said:
Actually it is more of a shame than anything else.

We worry about the airports and act like it is a crime to do something that is rather not really a big deal. Taking away nail clippers, p38 can openers, people's water bottles and so on just proves what why terrorist have won the fight.

In one respect you are right. PART of the problem is that we are NOT allowed to profile. THAT WOULD help with this fight. It would NOT be "racial profiling" either. Not many little old ladies are going to blow up an airliner. One or two maybe, but not many. Airliners WILL be attacked in one way or another no matter how "secure" we try to make things. The people we are fighting have NO problem targeting "soft targets".

greg334 · Dec 13, 2010

Well profiling is one thing but you know we have had unfettered travel for decades and there have been little thing but since the mid or late 80s they have taken "security" seriously to the point that it really doesn't stop anyone from doing anything they really want. I know there are a few exceptions, like the guy trying to blow his stuff up but you know not one of these security measures has ever actually prevented a terrorist attack and at the expense of having the questionable violations to our basic rights because these are not border crossings but travel from Point a to b, it all begs the question why even bother?

The latest bright move of our DHS secretary Napolitano was signing an agreement for a pilot program for a Mexican trusted traveler program for Mexican citizens to easily enter this country. We have a war going on within Mexico, I can understand and feel for those trapped there but it is a problem of Mexico, not the US and we should cut off access to our country to protect it. Talk about frink'n madness?!?