Ted Nugent’s Wife Arrested In Airport For Toting Gun In Carry-On Bag

FILE - In this May 1, 2011 file photo, rocker and gun rights advocate Ted Nugent addresses a seminar at the National Rifle Association's 140th convention in Pittsburgh.
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The wife of rocker and National Rifle Association board member Ted Nugent was arrested Thursday at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport when a gun was found in her carry-on luggage, the Dallas Morning News reported.

Airport spokesman David Magana confirmed to the newspaper that the airport’s Department of Public Safety took Shemane Ann Nugent into custody. A police report was forthcoming on Friday.

Nugent’s attorney, David Finn, told the Morning News that his client had a concealed-carry license and “completely forgot or never knew the weapon was in her bag.” Finn said Nugent had no prior criminal record.

Ted Nugent blasted President Barack Obama’s gun control message in his State of the Union address earlier this year, calling it “nonsense.”

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