I have experienced whiplash from all the news out of Washington, D.C., the past few weeks. But the story about a man caught with a loaded gun at Hancock International Airport was really hard to comprehend (“Why man found bringing loaded gun on plane at Syracuse airport faces no charges,” Feb. 11, 2025). No charges filed because police determined he simply forgot the weapon was in his backpack and he apparently had “no ill intent.” Had the man walked onto school grounds or a college campus with the gun in his backpack, he would have been charged with criminal possession, no matter his intent or his forgetfulness.
I’m not…..