Jerry Lewis cited for gun in luggage

Police confiscated the gun as the entertainer prepared to fly to Detroit

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Jerry Lewis cited for concealed weapon
July 30: Police stopped the famous entertainer at a Las Vegas airport for having an unloaded hand gun in his carryon bag.

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updated 12:18 p.m. ET July 30, 2008

LAS VEGAS - Police say they have confiscated a gun belonging to Jerry Lewis that was found in the 82-year-old entertainer’s carryon bag as he prepared to fly to Detroit from Las Vegas.

Las Vegas policeman Bill Cassell said Tuesday that the actor was cited Friday for carrying an unloaded concealed weapon at the Las Vegas airport.

Lewis’ manager, Claudia Marghilano, says the handgun is a hollowed-out prop gun that Lewis sometimes twirls during his show. She tells The Associated Press that the gun couldn’t fire.

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Marghilano says Lewis didn’t know the gun was in the bag along with other props.

Cassell says if the gun were merely a prop “it wouldn’t be a weapon and we couldn’t cite him for carrying a weapon.”