The Chairman of the Tea Party Patriots has been arrested for gun possession at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport after attempting to board a flight without a permit, according to a breaking news report from CBS News.
CBS also posted this on their Facebook wall:
DEVELOPING: Mark Meckler, the co-founder and current chairman of the Tea Party Patriots, was arrested this morning at LaGuardia Airport. He was boarding a 5:30 a.m. flight to California when authorities discovered a gun in a lockbox with 19 cartridges. He did not have a NY State carry permit for the weapon — although he did have a California permit for it — so he was charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 2nd degree. He is currently awaiting arraignment in Queens.
This is a developing story — stay tuned.
And expect a push from the  Tea Party and GOP for lowering gun carry permit requirements, including a national policy that forces states to accept the lowest common denominator state’s gun permits.
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