Republican Consultant Madison Cawthorn was caught with a gun at an airport on Tuesday for the second time, however he's prone to keep away from any legal costs for the offense.

In a tweet, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Division confirmed Tuesday on Twitter that Cawthorn had a firearm in his baggage whereas on the Charlotte Douglas Worldwide Airport in North Carolina.

"Responding CMPD officers recognized the proprietor of the bag containing the firearm as David Madison Cawthorn DOB: 08/01/1995. Mr. Cawthorn said that the firearm was his and he was cooperative with the CMPD officers," police stated on Twitter, including that Cawthorn was cited for possession of a harmful weapon on metropolis property however was launched shortly after.

The incident on Tuesday comes a number of months after Cawthorn tried to carry a gun onto a flight.

Following this most up-to-date incident, a spokesperson for the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) stated in a press release despatched to Newsweek that authorities detected a firearm at Gate D of the Charlotte Douglas Worldwide Airport.

The TSA spokesperson additionally advised Newsweek that the administration's "civil penalty construction" for firearm incidents ends in a potential high-quality of as much as $13,900. "Loaded firearms and a number of offenses are examples of the irritating circumstances," the spokesperson advised Newsweek.

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Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn was cited for having a gun on his possession at a North Carolina airport on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. Above, Cawthorn speaks throughout the Conservative Political Motion Convention CPAC held on the Hilton Anatole on July 09, 2021 in Dallas, Texas.Brandon Bell/Getty

In response to WLOS-TV in North Carolina, on February 13, 2021, TSA brokers found an individual in possession of a Glock 9 mm handgun, positioned within the particular person's carry-on baggage, the native station reported.

A number of months later, WLOS-TV reported that authorities confirmed Cawthorn was the particular person in possession of the Glock 9 mm handgun on the Asheville Regional Airport in North Carolina.

In a press release despatched to WLOS-TV on the time, a spokesperson for Cawthorn stated, "5 months in the past, whereas boarding a flight, Rep. Cawthorn erroneously stowed a firearm in his carry-on (that usually doubles as a spread bag) as a substitute of his checked bag."

The assertion continued, "The firearm was secured, and unchambered. Rep. Cawthorn endeavors to all the time observe TSA tips, and rapidly rectified this case earlier than boarding his flight."

In response to WSOC-TV in North Carolina, Cawthorn didn't face any legal costs following that incident.

Newsweek reached out to Cawthorn's workplace for remark.

Following the newest gun incident, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Division stated that "It's commonplace process for the CMPD Airport Division to quote in lieu of arrest for the misdemeanor cost of Possession of a Harmful Weapon on Metropolis Property until there are different related felony costs or extenuating circumstances."

Along with the incident on Tuesday, Cawthorn has just lately confronted backlash for feedback he made about being invited to events with different elected lawmakers, the place he alleges they had been concerned in cocaine use and orgies.