Women fined for gun forgetfulness

The Associated Press

Published: Sunday, Feb. 19 2012 7:38 p.m. MST

Summary

BOISE, Idaho — Two Idaho women who each say they forgot they had handguns in their purses while entering the James A. McClure Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Boise have received fines.

Suzanne Dawn Cummins, 41, of Murphy and Christina Marie Landon, 37, of Nampa, each pleaded guilty last year to carrying a weapon into the federal building after the guns were spotted by security scanners.

Cummins was fined $500 for carrying a Sig Sauer semi-automatic pistol loaded with a magazine containing six bullets into the building on July 22.

Landon was fined $300 for carrying a loaded Ruger .380 caliber semi-automatic handgun into the building on Aug. 3.

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Dektol

Powell, OH

Why pick on them for a normal activity guaranteed by the Constitution? They should be able to carry the pistold wherever they want. Punish misuse, not possession.

8:43 p.m. Feb. 19, 2012
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CHS 85

Sandy, UT

@Dektol

Do you work in a federal building? I do, and since April 19, 1995, I appreciate the fact that I can work in a safe workplace.

Maybe you like people carrying guns into your workplace, but I don't.

10:47 p.m. Feb. 19, 2012
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Rifleman

Salt Lake City, Utah

Re: CHS 85 | 10:47 p.m. Feb. 19, 2012
"Maybe you like people carrying guns into your workplace, but I don't."

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5:58 a.m. Feb. 20, 2012
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