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onehandle

(51,122 posts)
Wed May 21, 2014, 08:02 PM May 2014

Woman Arrested At Philadelphia Airport Carrying Loaded Gun and Knife

Source: Philadelphia Magazine



This is Kathryn Spiropoulos, a 53-year-old woman from Ewing, New Jersey. On Wednesday morning at 6:50 a.m., say police, Spiropoulos showed up at Philadelphia International Airport carrying a loaded gun and knife.

According to a statement released by the Philadelphia Police Department on Wednesday afternoon, TSA agents found the following in her purse: a .45-caliber Glock semi-automatic handgun, which contained a magazine loaded with ten rounds, and a “credit card shaped object that folded into a knife,” presumably something like this.

The statement goes on to say that Spiropoulos does not have a carry permit. She was arrested and charged with firearms violations.

Read more: http://www.phillymag.com/news/2014/05/21/woman-arrested-philadelphia-airport-carrying-loaded-gun-knife



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Woman Arrested At Philadelphia Airport Carrying Loaded Gun and Knife (Original Post) onehandle May 2014 OP
Too bad she isn't married to Ted Nugent. Mr.Bill May 2014 #1
White girl gotta have her protection 951-Riverside May 2014 #2
She is like many folks who are always packing. LuckyLib May 2014 #3
What the hell is wrong with these people????????? calimary May 2014 #4
I would guess its fear... yuiyoshida May 2014 #5
No....that's NOT Mrs. Lou Dobbs, is it???!!!! MADem May 2014 #6
Let me guess...she forgot her gun was in her purse. Mike Daniels May 2014 #7
well…she is from Jersey…. dhill926 May 2014 #8
From the mean streets of Jersey! Gangsta for life! IronLionZion May 2014 #9
 

951-Riverside

(7,234 posts)
2. White girl gotta have her protection
Wed May 21, 2014, 08:20 PM
May 2014

Never know when a black man may pop out the bushes.


Speaking of the TSA, the only reason why there is a huge outcry against the agency from the Right is because a large portion of screeners are black and they cannot stand the thought of someone of a different race touching them, let alone telling them what to do.

LuckyLib

(6,819 posts)
3. She is like many folks who are always packing.
Wed May 21, 2014, 08:44 PM
May 2014

Gotta have their "protection". Some are too stupid to clean out their purses BEFORE they get to the airport.

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)
5. I would guess its fear...
Wed May 21, 2014, 10:38 PM
May 2014

Fear they might run into someone who is packing heat just like them.. they can't leave home without it. What a horrible way to live your life when you believe you can't walk out your door without someone shooting at you.

Mike Daniels

(5,842 posts)
7. Let me guess...she forgot her gun was in her purse.
Thu May 22, 2014, 11:00 AM
May 2014

For the life of me I don't see how you don't realize you are carrying a gun in your handbag, backpack, etc.

I would think that one of the last things you do before leaving the house for an airplane flight is to check your pockets, purse etc... just to make sure you have car keys, cell phone, wallet, or anything else you don't want to leave home.

In the process of checking for those things how do you miss the fact that there's a gun in your bag?

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