(This isn't the first time he was caught with a loaded gun in his carry on bag. He is better known for being a pert of the GOP pro Russia coalition.)
Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina was found with a loaded handgun in the Charlotte Douglas International Airport on Tuesday, according to the city’s police department.
Airport officers were notified after Transportation Security Administration officials located the gun in a bag at a security screening checkpoint. The Republican lawmaker was cooperative with police and was cited on a misdemeanor criminal charge for bringing the weapon into the airport.
It isn’t the first time Cawthorn has done this. The 26-year-old lawmaker was also stopped in 2021 before boarding a plane, when security found an unloaded gun and a magazine loaded with ammunition in his carry-on bag. The lawmaker has also faced charges for driving without a license and at least two other citations in North Carolina for speeding.