Tea Party Founder Arrested for Taking Gun on an Airplane
Submitted on December 16, 2011
By Kristen Gwynne - December 16, 2011
Mark J. Meckler, a founder of the Tea Party, was arrested Thursday morning at La Guardia Airport in New York after he tried to board a flight with a semi-automatic handgun and 19 rounds of 9-millimeter ammunition. He was charged with second degree possession of a concealed weapon.


