Man with gun boards twice

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Authorities said a Florida man who was arrested with a loaded 9mm semiautomatic pistol in his carry-on luggage had already boarded two flights before the gun was found.

Barry L. Brunstein of Tampa, Fla., was charged Friday with attempting to board an aircraft with a concealed weapon.

According to an FBI affidavit filed in U.S. District Court, Brunstein flew from Tampa to Atlanta, switched flights and continued to Memphis.

Brunstein was preparing to board a Delta Air Lines flight back to Atlanta on Friday when he was selected for a random search, said Larry Cox, Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority president. That search turned up the pistol in his carry-on luggage, according to the affidavit by Memphis FBI special agent Daniel Sobolewski.

Brunstein acknowledged the gun was his. A federal official said the gun "got by security in Tampa."

Brunstein declined to comment when reached by The Commercial Appeal newspaper. He was released on $5,000 bond.