In yet another glaring example of New York’s out-of-control anti-gun laws, Green Bay Packers offensive lineman Rasheed Walker was arrested Friday morning at LaGuardia Airport—for doing exactly what he was supposed to do.
Walker, 25, legally owns a 9mm Glock pistol in Wisconsin. Before boarding his Delta flight, he did the responsible thing: he notified an airline employee that he was traveling with a locked gun case in his checked luggage, complete with 36 rounds of ammunition. Instead of getting a thank you for following federal procedures, he got slapped with handcuffs.
According to a criminal complaint, Port Authority police were called in and arrested Walker on the spot.
Let’s be clear: Walker wasn’t waving the gun around. He wasn’t trying to sneak it past TSA. He declared it. Locked. Stored. Checked. He did everything the federal government tells you to do. But in New York, a state where the Second Amendment barely gets lip service, that’s apparently still a criminal offense.
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) didn’t hold back. Chairman Alan Gottlieb slammed the arrest, saying, “Virtually anywhere else in the country, Mr. Walker could legally travel with his firearm… but in New York they treat traveling gun owners like criminals.”
Green Bay Packers Rasheed Walker arrested at NYC Airport with Gun
— BigmanshaneNews (@BIGMANSHANE1) January 24, 2026
The kicker? Walker was leaving New York. His crime? Telling the truth at the airline counter.
Thanks to the labyrinth of gun laws in New York State, even travelers trying to comply with federal law are walking into legal minefields. The Firearm Owner’s Protection Act of 1986 was supposed to protect people like Walker from exactly this type of abuse. But New York ignores it—because they can.
Walker’s attorney, Arthur Aidala, told the New York Post he expects the case will be dismissed. That’s good for Walker, but what about the thousands of other law-abiding gun owners who get steamrolled by New York’s weaponized bureaucracy and don’t have a press pass or an NFL jersey to shield them?
Green Bay Packers player Rasheed Walker arrested on gun charge at NYC’s LaGuardia Airport: sources https://t.co/Z8tdTgd7Zx pic.twitter.com/1ycoXDl02p
— New York Post (@nypost) January 24, 2026
Let’s not kid ourselves—if Rasheed Walker were a regular guy from Ohio or Texas, this arrest would’ve disappeared under the radar. No press coverage. No public outrage. Just another American criminalized for exercising his Second Amendment rights in the wrong ZIP code.
The bottom line? The law isn’t just broken—it’s the problem. This isn’t public safety. This is ideological punishment.
And it’s time it ends.
