Dennis Farina Arrested At LAX

[The Lady Eve]

Dennis Farina who played detective Joe Fontana on Law & Order forgot he had a gun in his briefcase and was arrested at LAX when he tried to board a plane. Oops.

"Farina was very apologetic and cooperative with officers," police said. "However, he had no apparent authority to carry a concealed weapon at the time of his arrest."

The actor was booked on one misdemeanor count of carrying a loaded firearm, and his bail was set at $25,000.

Reuters

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Oops. Shit happens to the best of them.

 

[Kryton]

They were supposed to wait until they passed off the discs!

 

[verticles]

lock him up, he could do with a bit of method acting

 

[Roshi]

"Anything to declare?"
"Yeah, don't go to England!"

 

[DarthPipes]

He's supposed to be the new host of Unsolved Mysteries for Spike in October. Maybe he can figure out how he ended up with the gun...

 

[the_wildcard]

He used to be a real police officer, but I guess it doesn't help if the gun is unregistered. A big no-no.

 

[apostle83]

The man did nothing wrong.

 

[Aragorn]

Next season on Law & Order... ripped from the headlines...

An actor who quits a police procedural TV series is caught with an unregistered gun at an airport.

 

[Skywalker]

The man did nothing wrong.

If he was carrying a concealed (and loaded!) weapon without a license/permit, then yes, he did do something wrong.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Next season on Law & Order... ripped from the headlines...

An actor who quits a police procedural TV series is caught with an unregistered gun at an airport.

They could pull the reverse of the Law & Order tradition and have Farina return playing that character.

 

[apostle83]

The man did nothing wrong.

If he was carrying a concealed (and loaded!) weapon without a license/permit, then yes, he did do something wrong.

I carry a concealed, loaded pistol on my person at all times legal. I have a permit.

I shouldn't have to have a permit, and it should always be legal.

I feel the man did no wrong.

 

[Skywalker]

Yeah, you should have a permit, and it's good that you do.

 

[Starbreaker]

Yeah, he actually did do something wrong. You don't just "forget" you have a gun in your briefcase.

 

[Scout101]

The man did nothing wrong.

If he was carrying a concealed (and loaded!) weapon without a license/permit, then yes, he did do something wrong.

I carry a concealed, loaded pistol on my person at all times legal. I have a permit.

I shouldn't have to have a permit, and it should always be legal.

I feel the man did no wrong.

he was also trying to walk onto an airplane at the time...

 

[Roger Wilco]

I feel the man did no wrong.

Not trying to turn this into a TNZ-thread, but would you feel the same way if the guy trying to board an airplane with a hidden, unregistered, loaded gun had been an arabic looking muslim?

 

[apostle83]

I feel the man did no wrong.

Not trying to turn this into a TNZ-thread, but would you feel the same way if the guy trying to board an airplane with a hidden, unregistered, loaded gun had been an arabic looking muslim?

Had everyone else been allowed to bring a gun?

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Anyone who "forgets" they're carrying a weapon shouldn't be allowed to own one.

Throw the book at him - no reason he should get special treatment because he's a celeb.

He probably wasn't planning to crash the plane into a skyscraper - as far as we know.

 

[mappster]

Its amazing how different the response would have been over here in the UK. Carrying an armed weapon that's purpose is to kill people - immediate arrest and jail time - and rightly so.

I don't want to turn this TNZ either (though given the context its a fine line to avoid), but to defend his actions seems like a strange position to hold. Carrying around a very deadly weapon so casually that he forgot he had it - this is not responsible nor defensible behaviour, no matter how gleeful you are towards people being allowed to carry around weapons that kill.

 

[Scout101]

especially since he didn't have a permit to carry it concealed in the first place. Hard to be ok with this one, but have a problem with a Muslim with a handgun tucked into his waistband...