State v. Eide

OPINION

ROSS, Judge

When Inez Eide arrived at the Minneapolis—-St. Paul International Airport and prepared to pass through a. security checkpoint to meet a young relative at a gate, she put her purse, which contained a loaded handgun, onto the x-ray conveyer, Airport police issued Eide a citation for violating an airport ordinance. Eide argues on appeal from her conviction that the ordinance is prohibited by Minnesota Statutes section 471.633 and is unconstitutional as a strict-liability offense. Because the Metropolitan Airports Commission is not a “governmental subdivision” or other entity…