Officials say the Indiana lawmaker had an unloaded pistol in her carry-on bag at the Washington DC airport
has been charged with a weapons violation after she brought a gun to the Dulles international airport in Virginia on Friday, according to local authorities.
It is illegal for passengers to have guns in their carry-on luggage, though they can be transported if checked. A metropolitan Washington airports authority spokesperson told local affiliatethat Spartz was charged in connection with the gun found in her bag and received a summons to appear in a Virginia court., a representative for the Transportation Security Agency added that officers “detected a .380 caliber firearm during passenger security screening”.
“Last Friday, Spartz accidentally carried an empty handgun in her suitcase with no magazine or bullets, which she did not realize was in the pocket of her suitcase, while going through security at Dulles airport,” the statement
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