Originally Posted by
sourdough44
There may be no ill intent, but trying to untangle the infraction isn’t easy these days. With some locations it may be almost impossible.
General standard is that to be convicted you had to know you were committing a crime, or should have known. That last is the kicker.
If you wife put HER gun in your gym bag which you unknowingly took to the airport, then you'd get off.
But if YOU put YOUR gun in YOUR bag and then forgot to remove it, they can call that "should have known" and get a conviction. Especially in a gun-hating jurisdiction.