Indiana man arrested at airport for violating Florida Law

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In this section, “loaded firearm” means a starter gun or a weapon....that has a cartridge, a detonator, or powder in the chamber, magazine, cylinder, or clip.

It's in the "that has" language. The law requires that the weapon has the cartridge, a detonator, or powder in the chamber, magazine, cylinder, or clip. It is not sufficient that the person has the cartridge cartridge, a detonator, or powder in the chamber, magazine, cylinder, or clip.

In this section, “loaded firearm” means a starter gun or a weapon designed or converted to expel a projectile through an explosive, that has a cartridge, a detonator, or powder in the chamber, magazine, cylinder, or clip.

Note the comma after explosive. That would mean the cartridge could be in chamber, magazine, cylinder, or clip and doesn't say the magazine/clip has to be in the gun. And you know that the TSA would go with that way of thinking.

And I wish I had thought about it when a Miami TSA Supervisor was in the shop today. It is fun to grill them and Customs guys.

[nogods]

Note the comma after explosive. That would mean the cartridge could be in chamber, magazine, cylinder, or clip and doesn't say the magazine/clip has to be in the gun. And you know that the TSA would go with that way of thinking.

And I wish I had thought about it when a Miami TSA Supervisor was in the shop today. It is fun to grill them and Customs guys.

I think the comma has the opposite impact. It connects "weapon" with "that has..." and is used because of the intervening clause "designed or converted to expel a projectile through an explosive".

Say I want to describe two qualifications for my next wife, one physical and one non-physical. I might say "she must be a blond with nice legs, that has a good sense of humor" "sense of humor" doesn't refer to her hair color or legs, it refers to her, in the same way that "that has...." doesn't refer to "designed or converted..." but rather to "a weapon".