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Man with guns at LAX decries arrest
Daily Breeze ^ | Jan 10, 2009 | Robert Jablon, AP

Posted on 01/11/2009 10:44:48 AM PST by Beaten Valve

The man arrested at Los Angeles International Airport with a trunk full of guns and nearly 1,000 rounds of ammunition said Saturday that he is a law-abiding weapons enthusiast who had no idea he might be breaking the law.

A day after he was arrested for suspicion of felony transportation of an assault rifle, Phillip Dominguez said he's confident he'll be exonerated.

"Our Second Amendment rights are being trampled in the name of law enforcement," Dominguez said. "I'm a law-abiding, taxpaying gun enthusiast. I have no felonies - up until now."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; US: California
KEYWORDS: airportsecurity; assaultweapons; bang; banglist; donutwatch; guns; lax; lp
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To: ScreamingFist; Travis McGee

“As Dominguez entered the airport’s ring road, his truck was pulled over for inspection.”


I’ve driven down this accessway to LAX...

Apparently the “inspection” points are located outside the LAX property...I’m probably wrong since it has been a while since I was there...

Regardless of Dominguez’s intent, they got him on the illegal transportation issue, simply because he did “stop” on the way to the range to pick up his friend, in all places on the way to the airport...

Do I like it, certainly not...But those in California get what they elect...A bunch of crap...

I would have made sure I had a full tank of overpriced gas, go to the potty before I got in the car, and made a separate trip to pick up my friend, before I loaded up the ammo and guns to go to the range...Knowing the law...

But, like I said, y’all in California get what you elected...

I assume all of this “extra” information about the 1000 of .22 caliber amnmunition, and the different accounts of how many guns he had and what type of guns he had locked up in the truck, unloaded, etc etc...Will just prove yet again that when you have ten different reporters reporting, you’ll get ten different stories...And they are all wrong...

All designed to scare the unwashed, and solidify the un-Constitutional “checkpoint” activities around that particular airport...

I’m with Travis...The only thing I miss is the scenery...


101 posted on 01/11/2009 12:31:30 PM PST by stevie_d_64
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To: HollyB
I'm so glad I left California. Moved to Alaska in 99 and never looked back.

I carry a pistol concealed most places, no permit even required here if you're not a felon.

102 posted on 01/11/2009 12:33:32 PM PST by SENTINEL (Bxxxxx Box, Jxxx Box, Cxxxxxxxx Box, (Censored due to loss of 1st Amendment))
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To: Beaten Valve

The law in question is pretty clearly unconstitional.


103 posted on 01/11/2009 12:34:47 PM PST by B Knotts (ConservatismCentral.com)
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To: freedumb2003

If the passengers of the 9/11 aircraft had guns, the Twin Towers would still be standing.


104 posted on 01/11/2009 12:36:35 PM PST by B Knotts (ConservatismCentral.com)
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To: SENTINEL

I sure hope you’re staying warm up there.


105 posted on 01/11/2009 12:37:06 PM PST by HollyB
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To: Beaten Valve

if you go anywhere near an airport with an arsenal in your car you’re asking for. it’s beyond stupid. more stupid, even, than being in an airplane and saying, very loudly, “Gee, what would happen if I HIJACKED this plane?”


106 posted on 01/11/2009 12:37:06 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (revolution is in the air.)
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To: HollyB
I think he is either

1) a pro-gun eccentric
2) a paranoid who is afraid that they would be stolen if they weren't always with him
3) was planning to shoot most or all of them at the range he was going to after he picked up his buddy
4) wanted to show his buddy all of his guns

anyway, it is none of our business and perfectly legal to carry all of your weapons with you.

It's not the quantity, it's what you do with them.

107 posted on 01/11/2009 12:38:14 PM PST by SW6906 (6 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, horsepower, guns and ammunition.)
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To: SW6906

First, thanks for your answers. But, ‘none of your business’ is uncalled for. I had a sincere question, rude answers create a bad environment.


108 posted on 01/11/2009 12:40:41 PM PST by HollyB
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To: the invisib1e hand
"if you go anywhere near an airport with an arsenal in your car you’re asking for. it’s beyond stupid. more stupid, even, than being in an airplane and saying, very loudly, “Gee, what would happen if I HIJACKED this plane?”"

Oh boy, did you just step in it. I politely urge you to read the article and then read the posts on this thread before commenting further............. ;o)

109 posted on 01/11/2009 12:40:41 PM PST by SW6906 (6 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, horsepower, guns and ammunition.)
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To: HollyB

That wasn’t directed personally at you, (I said “our”, meaning society’s. No disrespect or rudeness intended.


110 posted on 01/11/2009 12:41:56 PM PST by SW6906 (6 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, horsepower, guns and ammunition.)
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To: SW6906

Thank you.


111 posted on 01/11/2009 12:43:37 PM PST by HollyB
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To: mylife

Haven’t you heard? Ignorance of the many hundreds of thousands of laws is no excuse!


112 posted on 01/11/2009 12:45:02 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Obama is living proof that stupid people should not be allowed to vote.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
“GUNS BAD! GUNS BAAAAAAAAAD! BAAAAAAAAAD! BAAAAAAAAAD!”, bleat the sheeple.

Dontcha know - so true!

113 posted on 01/11/2009 12:45:32 PM PST by cricket (America's Freedom Rings! Thank You ~ U..S.A. Military~/)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Just staying ahead of the ever changing .922 laws is a challenge.

You can get 5 years in the pen for having the wrong stock on your rifle.


114 posted on 01/11/2009 12:48:27 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

I sent a CETME pistol grip to a FReeper legislator.

He had fun “menacing” the idiots on the house floor with it L0L


115 posted on 01/11/2009 12:50:52 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: HollyB

Well it’s been 23 below at my house for last few weeks in the morning, but I have a nice warm fuzzy feeling knowing I’m packing. :)


116 posted on 01/11/2009 12:51:57 PM PST by SENTINEL (Bxxxxx Box, Jxxx Box, Cxxxxxxxx Box, (Censored due to loss of 1st Amendment))
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To: stevie_d_64
"...Will just prove yet again that when you have ten different reporters reporting, you’ll get ten different stories...And they are all wrong... All designed to scare the unwashed, and solidify the un-Constitutional “checkpoint” activities around that particular airport... I’m with Travis...The only thing I miss is the scenery..."

Amen X 1,000 brother!

117 posted on 01/11/2009 12:53:51 PM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: bamahead

Ping


118 posted on 01/11/2009 12:56:12 PM PST by dcwusmc (We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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To: ScreamingFist
"Because he's not a gun dealer and because any normal human being in Ca. knows they have the strictest gun control laws in America? Please don't be disingenuous and pretend that gun owners with a toolbox full of expensive guns are ignorant of the law.

So now, only gun dealers are allowed to have guns in their trunk?

I'm reminded of a sam adams quote about chains.

119 posted on 01/11/2009 12:57:04 PM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.”

—(Samuel Adams, speech at the Philadelphia State House, August 1, 1776)


120 posted on 01/11/2009 1:01:58 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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