A man spent four days in an Essex County, NJ jail cell because a canceled transfer flight through Newark left him in possession overnight of a handgun and ammunition he had otherwise been transporting lawfully.

The next morning, Revell returned with his luggage directly to the airport. He checked his luggage and, as he was supposed to, told the agent that he had an unloaded firearm stored in a locked case in his luggage. It was at this point that Revell's destination changed from Allentown to a Newark jail cell. He was arrested on the spot because New Jersey law requires a permit to possess a handgun (and also bans the hollow-point ammunition that Revell also had in a separate locked container in his luggage), and as soon as Revell's luggage became "readily accessible" to him (in this case, when he took possession of his luggage to go to the hotel) he violated state law.

At least New Jersey had the decency to eventually drop the charges.

[Outrage Of The Week - 2 April 2010 - NRA-ILA]