Atlanta Man Brings Loaded AR-15 Into Airport Because He Can (VIDEO)

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A Georgia man toted an AR-15 rifle complete with what a television station described as a “100-round drum” of ammunition through the Atlanta airport, the station reported on Tuesday.

According to television station WSB, the man, Jim Cooley, attracted attention first from a fire marshall and then when an Atlanta police officer followed him to his car. But he told both he was well within his legal rights, posting videos of the interactions on YouTube.

An FBI spokesperson told the station Cooley didn’t break federal law by bringing the gun to the airport. The Clayton County solicitor general told the station that a Georgia law allows people to bring many guns into the airport as long as they don’t go past security.

“It shouldn’t matter what I carry, just that I choose to carry,” he told WSB. “If you don’t exercise your rights, the government doesn’t have any hesitation taking them away.”

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  1. Imma gonna stick mah head up my bunghole cause it’s mah legal right to do so! USA! USA! USA!

  2. 100 round drum?

    His penis must be microscopic.

  3. I’d really like for them to give examples of all the times we lost rights by not using them. As usual, if their worldview was correct, we’d be fools for not acting like they do. But since they’ve got everything backwards, they’re fools for acting like they do.

  4. The Clayton County solicitor general told the station that a Georgia law allows people to bring many guns into the airport as long as they don’t go past security.

    You read that correctly. Thanks to the idiocy of our GA Legislature and Governor, people walking through Hartsfield-Jackson may legally be terrorized by idiots like this man.
    Do us all a favor, and keep your penile surrogate and stupid self at home. While there, feel free to ward off all the Feds who are not coming for you.

  5. I think the fire marshalls and police were mean enough to this guy he deserves a GoFundMe account in the high five figures to soothe his pain.

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