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Cops: Man tried to sneak gun onto plane
AP ^ | 07/11/2007

Posted on 07/11/2007 6:33:07 AM PDT by MichaelP

JACKSONVILLE -- (AP) -- A man was charged with trying to bring a gun wrapped in aluminum foil and a towel aboard a plane at Jacksonville International Airport, authorities said Tuesday.

Ahmad Abdallah Abu Ghanam was on his way to Chicago then Jordan on Monday when Transportation Security Administration workers found the .380-calibar semiautomatic gun in his checked luggage. The serial number had been scratched off, said Michael Stewart, director of external affairs for the airport.

Abu Ghanam told police he bought the weapon on the street a month ago and he did not realize the serial number was missing.

Travelers are allowed to check unloaded handguns as long as they are declared to airline employees and are stowed in special cases.

Stewart said the discovery was a good sign because it shows an efficient system.

''The system worked. The attorneys and courts will handle it from here,'' Stewart said.

Abu Ghanam was charged with removal of a firearm serial number. He was being held on $10,003 bail, The Florida Times-Union reported.


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Mike

1 posted on 07/11/2007 6:33:09 AM PDT by MichaelP
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To: MichaelP

Religion of peace.....


2 posted on 07/11/2007 6:34:17 AM PDT by NRA1995 (To Congress and Mr. President: This is OUR country, and don't you forget it!)
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To: NRA1995

Cut his head off.


3 posted on 07/11/2007 6:36:34 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: NRA1995

Religion of pieces, more like.


4 posted on 07/11/2007 6:37:34 AM PDT by Redcitizen (Grond! Grond! Grond!)
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To: MichaelP
bring a gun wrapped in aluminum foil and a towel

Another Mensa reject.

5 posted on 07/11/2007 6:38:34 AM PDT by strange1 ("Show the enemy harm so he shall not advance" Sun Tzu The Art of War)
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To: MichaelP
Ahmad Abdallah Abu Ghanam

So, we have another racial profiling crime commited by the pigs.

If only they had thoroughly checked the luggage of John Smith they would have had to forego the harrassment of this poor muslim.

6 posted on 07/11/2007 6:39:25 AM PDT by GFritsch ('All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved'." -)
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Ahmad Abdallah Abu Ghanam

Sounds like an Amish name, doesn't it?

7 posted on 07/11/2007 6:39:31 AM PDT by Living Free in NH
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To: MichaelP

Correction on the bail amount. It’s actually $10,003.39


8 posted on 07/11/2007 6:39:35 AM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the round in the chamber.)
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To: MichaelP

$10,003? Whats the $3 for?


9 posted on 07/11/2007 6:39:44 AM PDT by rahbert
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To: Joe Brower

jax ping


10 posted on 07/11/2007 6:40:24 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: Hegemony Cricket

“Stewart said the discovery was a good sign because it shows an efficient system”

Yes, it worked, this time. Doesn’t mean it’s an efficient system. It doesn’t work quite a bit


11 posted on 07/11/2007 6:41:15 AM PDT by PinkDolphin (J'essaierai de faire mieux la prochaine fois.)
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To: Living Free in NH

Certainly sounds Amish to me.


12 posted on 07/11/2007 6:41:39 AM PDT by Clara Lou (Fred Thompson, '08-- imwithfred.com)
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To: MichaelP

“Abu Ghanam told police he bought the weapon on the street a month ago and he did not realize the serial number was missing.”

I’d like to see a follow up along the lines of “..We test fired the weapon several times into the suspect’s left temple...”


13 posted on 07/11/2007 6:41:52 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (When Bubba lies, the finger flies!)
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To: rahbert
Having paid bail for a friend in Jacksonville, that is the service charge. The state keeps that when they give back the bail.
14 posted on 07/11/2007 6:42:54 AM PDT by Quick Shot
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To: MichaelP

Archie Bunker had the best answer to plane hijacking: pass out guns to everybody and collect them as they get off.


15 posted on 07/11/2007 6:43:29 AM PDT by Mikey_1962 (The last Americans to allow unchecked immigration...... were Native.)
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To: Living Free in NH
Sounds like an Amish name, doesn't it?

Obviously the man is a Methodist.
16 posted on 07/11/2007 6:44:48 AM PDT by Mikey_1962 (The last Americans to allow unchecked immigration...... were Native.)
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To: MichaelP

All travelers must be make to declare their adherence to the death cult. All members will be denied boarding.


17 posted on 07/11/2007 6:45:03 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: MichaelP
Abu Ghanam was charged with removal of a firearm serial number.

What about being charged with trying to smuggle a gun onto a plane!? What about being investigated for terrorism?

18 posted on 07/11/2007 6:46:04 AM PDT by Drawsing (The fool shows his annoyance at once. The prudent man overlooks an insult. (Proverbs 12:16))
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$10,003? Whats the $3 for?

Hopefully he had 10K in cash on him, so that's just to f*ck with him...

19 posted on 07/11/2007 6:46:08 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
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To: MichaelP

Oh, that old Abu. He just forgot that the pistol was still in his aluminum foil. Just like Barry Switzer; it was an honest mistake.


20 posted on 07/11/2007 6:47:51 AM PDT by true_blue_texican (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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