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Airport worker dismissed for firing gun
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Manager: Airport worker dismissed for firing gun
Discharged .22-caliber pistol at Harrison-Marion regional facility
Associated Press
BRIDGEPORT -- A Harrison-Marion Regional Airport worker was recently dismissed for firing a gun inside a building on airport property, the airport manager says.
Jim Griffith said the maintenance worker discharged what he believes was a .22-caliber pistol inside an unsecured maintenance building late last week while three other workers were inside. Griffith said the man was apparently aiming his gun at a pop bottle target, and one shot hit a wall.
''The reason I could dismiss him right there on the spot is because right in our employee policy it says, 'no unauthorized firearms on the airport,''' Griffith said Tuesday.
The employee's identity and the number of times the gun was discharged were not immediately clear.
Griffith said he did not report the incident to police or the public because he considered it a personnel issue, not a passenger-safety one.
''Only when they (weapon carrier) try to breach security on a controlled flight is it an issue,'' Griffith said. ''This had nothing to do with the terminal or scheduled service.''
Griffith said the worker was dismissed on Friday.
''As far as we're concerned, we took care of it,'' he said.
Airport workers sometimes use guns to keep runways free of wildlife such as ground hogs or deer, Griffith said, but added the Bridgeport airport has permits for such use.
Lt. Roy Collins of the Bridgeport Police Department said firing a gun within city limits without special permission is illegal, and that such activity would normally result in a fine if no other illegal conduct was involved.
Collins said no report of the incident had been filed as of midday Tuesday.
Meanwhile, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said that since the airport is not a federal facility, such incidents would be handled by local airport officials and law enforcement.
Mike Boyd, a national aviation consultant from Colorado, said a gun on the airport grounds is not a passenger-safety issue unless it makes it into a secure area.
The Harrison-Marion Regional Airport has a secured passenger area and baggage checks, and an armed city police officer is present for all flight departures.
http://www.dominionpost.com/a/news/2002/09/13/az/
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Discharged .22-caliber pistol at Harrison-Marion regional facility
Associated Press
BRIDGEPORT -- A Harrison-Marion Regional Airport worker was recently dismissed for firing a gun inside a building on airport property, the airport manager says.
Jim Griffith said the maintenance worker discharged what he believes was a .22-caliber pistol inside an unsecured maintenance building late last week while three other workers were inside. Griffith said the man was apparently aiming his gun at a pop bottle target, and one shot hit a wall.
''The reason I could dismiss him right there on the spot is because right in our employee policy it says, 'no unauthorized firearms on the airport,''' Griffith said Tuesday.
The employee's identity and the number of times the gun was discharged were not immediately clear.
Griffith said he did not report the incident to police or the public because he considered it a personnel issue, not a passenger-safety one.
''Only when they (weapon carrier) try to breach security on a controlled flight is it an issue,'' Griffith said. ''This had nothing to do with the terminal or scheduled service.''
Griffith said the worker was dismissed on Friday.
''As far as we're concerned, we took care of it,'' he said.
Airport workers sometimes use guns to keep runways free of wildlife such as ground hogs or deer, Griffith said, but added the Bridgeport airport has permits for such use.
Lt. Roy Collins of the Bridgeport Police Department said firing a gun within city limits without special permission is illegal, and that such activity would normally result in a fine if no other illegal conduct was involved.
Collins said no report of the incident had been filed as of midday Tuesday.
Meanwhile, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said that since the airport is not a federal facility, such incidents would be handled by local airport officials and law enforcement.
Mike Boyd, a national aviation consultant from Colorado, said a gun on the airport grounds is not a passenger-safety issue unless it makes it into a secure area.
The Harrison-Marion Regional Airport has a secured passenger area and baggage checks, and an armed city police officer is present for all flight departures.
http://www.dominionpost.com/a/news/2002/09/13/az/
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878