Green Bay Packers player Rasheed Walker arrested on gun charge at NYC’s LaGuardia Airport: sources
January 24, 2026
Green Bay Packers player Rasheed Walker arrested on gun charge at NYC’s LaGuardia Airport: sources
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This guy went from possibly getting paid by the Packers, to being basically let go because he sucked so bad this year, to this.
He just cost himself millions of dollars
Why tho… tf is wrong with these dudes?
I could play better than this dude
next man up
How do so many pro athletes get caught with guns at an AIRPORT?
7th rounder. Undrafted brain.
“Aidala said the NFL player didn’t realize he couldn’t travel with the gun in New York.
“It was in a locked box and he disclosed it to the people at the airport,” Aidala explained.
“He told a person from Delta he was traveling with a firearm. He mistakenly thought because he had a licensed firearm and it was in a locked box that he was able to travel with it. We are confident the case will be dismissed.”
I mean… stupid as fuck, but not malicious.
Bye Felicia
*Former Packer and Free Agent Rasheed Walker*
You really can tell how few people on Reddit read the articles/context before commenting their opinions.
Read the article. This will be dismissed and have zero effect on his career.
I’m sure this comment is going to go over well but…
Why do these professional athletes think they need a gun?
Honestly. When was the last time an active professional athlete was gunned down in the streets?
Not the brightest move, but looking into it, it seems like nothing.
Gun was licensed, legally owned, and properly in a locked container. He disclosed it at check-in and followed TSA guidelines. The reason for the arrest is because NYC requires everyone, even from out of state, to have a NYC specific permit for firearms, which Walker didn’t have. This probably gets dropped or he just has to pay a fine. Unless there’s more to the story, I don’t think this impacts him at all.
Registered gun he legally licensed in Wisconsin. It was in a locked box in his checked luggage that he reported to the airline himself, thinking he was allowed to travel with it that way.
This isn’t an ethical failure dude was just mistaken.
Cut him. If he’s that stupid, he’s not going to help this team
The circumstances make it clear that it wasn’t malicious but why tf do these guys need to travel with fucking guns? What is their plan with them? Feel cool?
Nice.
NY, CA and IL are places you should just avoid if you need/want to travel with a firearm.
I wouldn’t ever step foot in the state of New York
Not sure how it was licensed because Wisconsin doesn’t have a gun registration.
Off-season news starting off spicy.
Dude didn’t realize the NYC law but sounds like a decently responsible gun owner based on the article. Everyone acting like they would know better.
NY will probably drop this case. The state keeps loosing gun law cases in the Supreme Court and then they tweak the law to slightly change the rule. The change gets challenged, they lose again, and tweak the law etc… This sounds like a great case to challenge the current iteration of their tweak.
Thankfully it seems to be a lot of nuthin this time.
This guy doesn’t even remember the snap count. You think he was going to remember anything about his gun?
This is a speeding ticket. Just fine him and move on, geez what a waste of law enforcement resources
This sounds like draconian gun laws in a city and over zealous law enforcement booked him on bullshit that won’t hold up.
If he’s not staying the night in NYC he did nothing wrong. It would be an unlawful arrest from power tripping police officers who wanted to book a black man for a gun crime.
25 comments
This guy went from possibly getting paid by the Packers, to being basically let go because he sucked so bad this year, to this.
He just cost himself millions of dollars
Why tho… tf is wrong with these dudes?
I could play better than this dude
next man up
How do so many pro athletes get caught with guns at an AIRPORT?
7th rounder. Undrafted brain.
“Aidala said the NFL player didn’t realize he couldn’t travel with the gun in New York.
“It was in a locked box and he disclosed it to the people at the airport,” Aidala explained.
“He told a person from Delta he was traveling with a firearm. He mistakenly thought because he had a licensed firearm and it was in a locked box that he was able to travel with it. We are confident the case will be dismissed.”
I mean… stupid as fuck, but not malicious.
Bye Felicia
*Former Packer and Free Agent Rasheed Walker*
You really can tell how few people on Reddit read the articles/context before commenting their opinions.
Read the article. This will be dismissed and have zero effect on his career.
I’m sure this comment is going to go over well but…
Why do these professional athletes think they need a gun?
Honestly. When was the last time an active professional athlete was gunned down in the streets?
Not the brightest move, but looking into it, it seems like nothing.
Gun was licensed, legally owned, and properly in a locked container. He disclosed it at check-in and followed TSA guidelines. The reason for the arrest is because NYC requires everyone, even from out of state, to have a NYC specific permit for firearms, which Walker didn’t have. This probably gets dropped or he just has to pay a fine. Unless there’s more to the story, I don’t think this impacts him at all.
Registered gun he legally licensed in Wisconsin. It was in a locked box in his checked luggage that he reported to the airline himself, thinking he was allowed to travel with it that way.
This isn’t an ethical failure dude was just mistaken.
Cut him. If he’s that stupid, he’s not going to help this team
The circumstances make it clear that it wasn’t malicious but why tf do these guys need to travel with fucking guns? What is their plan with them? Feel cool?
Nice.
NY, CA and IL are places you should just avoid if you need/want to travel with a firearm.
I wouldn’t ever step foot in the state of New York
Not sure how it was licensed because Wisconsin doesn’t have a gun registration.
Off-season news starting off spicy.
Dude didn’t realize the NYC law but sounds like a decently responsible gun owner based on the article. Everyone acting like they would know better.
NY will probably drop this case. The state keeps loosing gun law cases in the Supreme Court and then they tweak the law to slightly change the rule. The change gets challenged, they lose again, and tweak the law etc… This sounds like a great case to challenge the current iteration of their tweak.
Thankfully it seems to be a lot of nuthin this time.
This guy doesn’t even remember the snap count. You think he was going to remember anything about his gun?
This is a speeding ticket. Just fine him and move on, geez what a waste of law enforcement resources
This sounds like draconian gun laws in a city and over zealous law enforcement booked him on bullshit that won’t hold up.
If he’s not staying the night in NYC he did nothing wrong. It would be an unlawful arrest from power tripping police officers who wanted to book a black man for a gun crime.