Grandmother arrested for carrying weapons into Disney World [View All]

[Bluebear]

ORLANDO, Fla. – A 63-year old Pennsylvania grandmother is out of jail Monday after deputies arrested her Sunday for trying to enter Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom with a loaded handgun, knife and scissors.

Orange County Jail records show that Mary Ann Richardson, of Nickelson, Pa., posted a $2,000 bail early Monday after deputies charged her with carrying a concealed weapon inside the theme park with her grandchildren...

Disney officials found the weapon during a routine safety check. Richardson told investigators that she traveled with the silver Beretta .32-caliber semiautomatic handgun and had forgotten she was carrying it. The gun was loaded with seven live rounds in the magazine, but the chamber was empty.

"I live alone where I'm at," Richardson said in a television interview. "Keeping the pistol available is important to me."

Deputies said they also found a pair of scissors and a locked-blade knife in the woman's purse.

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