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On the recordJuly 19, 2021
Not a criminal penalty? I understand--look, I understand that some people may have--may inadvertently leave a firearm in a carry on, et cetera, and I understand that, but there is not--the civil penalty is not a criminal penalty to do that?
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Carlos Gimenez
Republican · Florida

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Gimenez questions the lack of criminal penalties for transporting firearms on airplanes.

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