Mich House leader pays $2,000 fine to close case of gun at airport

[livingston]

PELLSTON, Mich. (AP) — The leader of the Michigan House says he paid a fine of about $2,000 for possessing a loaded handgun at a northern Michigan airport last summer.

House Speaker Lee Chatfield of Emmet County says he got a 50 percent discount last week under a federal policy that gives a break to people if they pay within 30 days.

Chatfield had a gun in a bag that also contained a laptop computer. He says he forgot about the gun when he was at Pellston Regional Airport last July. He says he earlier paid a $250 fine because the gun wasn't registered.

House leader pays fine to close case of gun at airport

 

[GOYABEAN]

He's special

 

[Eddie Gunks]

He's special

What is special? He paid fast. Same applies to you

 

[GOYABEAN]

What is special? He paid fast. Same applies to you

Possibly but I imagine I wouldn't have not gotten the same treatment just saying

 

[Eddie Gunks]

Possibly but I imagine I wouldn't have not gotten the same treatment just saying

My father did something similar years ago.......they did not even arrest him. And he is not a politician.

 

[Grimscale]

What is special? He paid fast. Same applies to you

What do you honestly think would happen to one of "us" if we are caught at the airport with an unregistered handgun?

 

[GOPerfect]

What do you honestly think would happen to one of "us" if we are caught at the airport with an unregistered handgun?

Seriously, first offense? You/we would pay a fine. Don't believe me, look it up. Last year, I am aware of six arrests at the Buffalo airport, all of them paid a fine. No time under the plea arrangements.

 

[Shadow2]

Buffalo somthing tells me it would play out differently down here in Westchester, get arrested, pay a fine, loose your permit and loose all your rifles because to lost your permit.