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LAS VEGAS (AP) _ Police say they have confiscated a gun belonging to Jerry Lewis that was found in the 82-year-old entertainer's carryon bag as he prepared to fly to Detroit from Las Vegas.

Las Vegas policeman Bill Cassell said Tuesday that the actor was cited Friday for carrying an unloaded concealed weapon at the Las Vegas airport.

Lewis' manager, Claudia Marghilano, says the handgun is a hollowed-out prop gun that Lewis sometimes twirls during his show. She tells The Associated Press that the gun couldn't fire.

Marghilano says Lewis didn't know the gun was in the bag along with other props.

Cassell says if the gun were merely a prop "it wouldn't be a weapon and we couldn't cite him for carrying a weapon."

My first thought on reading the headline? It doesn't have to do with Detroit being a dangerous city. Rather, if others feel about Jerry Lewis movies the way I feel about Jerry Lewis movies, he probably needs to be carrying a weapon

Admittedly, I enjoyed his movies as a kid - but that's only because there wasn't anyone properly supervising me. One ought not let kids play with matches, handle sharp knives, or be exposed to Jerry Lewis movies.

Everyone already knows the Transportation Safety Administration is a bunch of fools; no need to discuss that further.

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