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The man had a ticket to Nice, France and was arrested by Port Authority Police at Terminal B after his handgun was flagged in the checkpoint X-ray machine, the Transportation Security Administration said.
He also had a magazine loaded with five bullets, the TSA said.
The federal penalty for bringing a weapon to a TSA checkpoint can cost as much as $15,000.
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