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Tea party activist arrested at NYC airport on gun charge

By Associated Press
Friday, December 16, 2011 - Added 5 months ago
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NEW YORK - A leader of a tea party group was arrested after he took a gun to LaGuardia Airport.

Tea Party Patriots [team stats] co-founder Mark Meckler was taken into custody Thursday morning after he tried to check in for a Delta flight to Detroit with a locked gun box containing a Glock pistol and 19 cartridges of ammunition, Queens prosecutors said.

 
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