Haley Barbour said he will pay a fine after being arrested with a loaded handgun in his briefcase as he went through an airport security checkpoint in early January. TSA contacted airport police, who arrested the passenger. Barbour described the TSA officers and the airport police as “very nice but very professional.”“They did exactly what they should have done, which was treat me like anybody else,” Barbour said. The fine for having a loaded firearm at an airport checkpoint begins at $3,920, according to a TSA website . AP filed a public records request with the Jackson airport authority Jan. 24, seeking a copy of a police report from the Jan. 2 incident.

Source: National Post January 30, 2018 22:30 UTC