Grandmother arrested for carrying weapons into Disney World

[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.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nation/stories/121107dnnatdisneyarrest.12e4b0e.html

[Cronus Protagonist]

1. She didn't have a nail file?

Dayuhm...

:sarcasm:

[Hydra]

2. Or toenail clippers?

no self-respecting terrorists enters a public place without toenail clippers and a bottle of h20 bigger than 3 ounces!

[Va Lefty]

3. "Lay that pistol down, babe. Lay that pistol down."

"Pistol-packing mama, lay that pistol down."
:rofl:

[ThomWV]

4. You would find exactly the same things in my wifes purse right this moment

Her pistol (Beretta 9mm), her folding knife, and in all likelihood some sort of small nail scissors. She would be legal to carry it in the state of Florida too by the way.

[Bluebear]

6. Disney World, however, does not want your wife packing heat in their park

[TahitiNut]

28. Well, that's just a Mickey Mouse attitude.

:silly:

[Solly Mack]

5. Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me?

Mary Ann Richardson is or else!

[NoPasaran]

7. Stop! Or my grandma will shoot!

[-..__...]

12. She'll shoot him in his toodles!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--K3X6rptE4

[zabet]

8. 7 live rounds....

Granny must have been
a hired hit on the seven
dwarves.

[1620rock]

11. God forbid that anyone walk around in America without a handgun.

[piedmont]

13. God forbid that we let more people die in "gun-free" zones. nt

[Cha]

9. I got busted at Disneyland

for smoking grass in the parking lot with my friend. They came down on us like a Swat Team but we were just asked to leave. This was 1984..:smoke:

[Control-Z]

14. We smoked pot

on the "People Mover" (ride at D-land) all summer long, and never got caught. That was late 70's.

[Cha]

19. Things changed and

we weren't aware. It was bummer, cause we weren't ready to leave.

[A HERETIC I AM]

20. It is my understanding that it was against the law to NOT smoke on the people mover

during the 70's. Had a friend that used to smoke with his buds on the chair lift-type ride..the gondola cars? maybe? at Disneyland when he was growing up in SoCal.

He told me he swiped jewels from the "Pirates of the Caribbean" ride also. I later learned through personal experience that you cant trust what a pot smoker says. I used to exaggerate all the time!

[Control-Z]

26. Somethig like that

The "Mover" was impossible to monitor so it was pretty much the safe haven at Mickey's place, back in the day before bag searches.I never stole anything but we did drop coins down to the kids walking around under us. Made their day.

[hootinholler]

23. Is that the one on the wire?

Kinda like a ski lift or mini gondola. That's the real reason to ride them.

-Hoot

[Control-Z]

24. It is the ONLY

reason to ride the People Mover.

Yep, it's the gondola on the wire that goes nowhere, slowly.

[Beerboy]

10. I can't wait to see the the taser video on YouTube!

[Squatch]

15. Surprising, since FL has some of the most LIBERAL gun laws on the books

:)

[pinniped]

16. If grandma forgot she had a loaded firearm on her, that can't be a good thing.

What is a routine safety check?

I'm assuming she didn't actually enter the park, so the routine safety check was likely located at the front gate.

If she saw them checking for shit at the gate, she should have made a U-turn.

Of course, she forgot she was carrying a loaded firearm, hence no U-turn.

[nonconformist]

17. Yes, they check bags before you enter the park

I was at Disney World in October.

Ironically, if she would have carried the handgun on her person, as opposed to in a bag, they would have never known. They just glance in backpacks/purses... it's more for show than anything.

[pinniped]

21. Thanks for the clarification.

I would be surprised if they employed metal detectors.

[silverojo]

18. The way Disney mascots have been attacking people lately

Maybe she felt she needed this stuff in case Pluto tried to mug her, LOL!

[MichaelHarris]

22. She found out

her husband was fucking Goofy.

[Sugar Smack]

25. Granny Mugs Goofy at Woozlepup Stand. Film at eleven.

:o

[Ghost in the Machine]

27. Donald Duck *may* have perved on her granddaughter...

just sayin'....

[Kurovski]

29. If it's duck hunting season, she could legally bag him.

[krispos42]

30. Rabbit season!

<edit: spelling. There's not a hell of a lot to spell, but I managed to screw it up anyway. Band-Aids on the fingertips will do that...>

[Hydra]

32. That's priceless! n/t

[mtnester]

31. Banned for life from Disney World

isn't that like a badge of honor, in a way?

[slackmaster]

37. A friend of mine was banned for life from Magic Mountain in Los Angeles

He was 12 and off his medication for ADHD. He got scared when a Captain Hook character approached him (my friend is deathly afraid of clowns), and kicked the man in the nuts.

[aikoaiko]

33. Can anyone site the law that would have gotten her arrested for this?

Was it that she was CCW illegally or that she was carrying in a Disnery specified no-gun zone?

[benEzra]

35. Neither--I suspect she didn't have a current carry license. n/t

[Midlodemocrat]

34. I don't recall the crime stats for Disney World.

Inside the park, I'm gonna guess the biggest criminals are light fingered five year olds.

:rofl:

[riverdeep]

36. As long as they check thouroughly that EVERYONE doesn't bring in weapons,

I don't have a problem with that. It's their property, and their rules. But if security is lax in allowing some people to bring weapons, that's not good. People without a weapon are then at the mercy of security personnel to act appropriately. Or a ninja Mickey.