Pregnant woman faces a felony after trying to bring an unloaded handgun back to Minnesota [View all]

[The Straight Story]

Moorhead, MN (WDAY TV) -- A Moorhead woman's flight back from New York turned into a trip to jail.

The 29-year-old pregnant military wife is facing a Felony after trying to bring an unloaded handgun back to Minnesota. But she claims she did exactly what Delta Airlines asked of her.

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Ferrizzi/Traveler: "They said that the firearm had to unloaded and in a hard-sided, locked case. The ammunition had to be stored separated. Not separate from the gun but in either it's original packaging or some sort of a container that kept the bullets from being in contact with each other."

So she did just that.

But it wasn't flying out of Fargo that got Beth in trouble, it was coming back from the LaGuardia Airport where she was arrested by Port Authority Police.

Ferrizzi/Traveler: "They were telling me I wasn't able to transport the firearm. So, I didn't understand that I had done something wrong or that I was in any sort of trouble."

Delta and TSA claim it's the travelers responsibility to know each state's law. In New York, if you're in possession of both a gun and ammunition, the firearm is considered loaded. For Beth, her confusion turned into a crime.

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