As explained here, Jerry Lewis was stopped at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport because he seemed to have a gun in his carry-on luggage. It was explained that this was a prop that couldn't be fired. A police spokesperson said that if it was indeed a prop, "it wouldn't be a weapon and we couldn't cite him for carrying a weapon."
What is wrong with this picture? Isn't it illegal to carry even a prop gun on a plane? I mean, this thing was realistic enough that someone thought it was a genuine firearm. If you pulled it out during a flight, you could cause an awful lot of panic and trouble even if it couldn't fire. People often hijack planes with guns that turn out to be unloaded and incapable of firing.
There probably aren't many folks who want to see Mr. Lewis tossed in the pokey…but we also don't like to read in the news that it's not a crime to take a prop gun onto a plane. And of course, we don't like to see some break the law, doing something that would land you or me behind bars, and go free just because they're famous.