What was Michael Moore doing with an armed bodyguard? I thought he hated guns? I thought the "culture of fear" is what ruined America? I thought gun owners were a bunch of paranoid racists?

In typical lefty fashion, he wants guns banned for you and me, while he walks around enjoying the protection of an armed security force. Too bad he didn't hire someone smart enough to obey the law.

Filmmaker Michael Moore's bodyguard was arrested for carrying an unlicensed weapon in New York's JFK airport Wednesday night.

Police took Patrick Burke, who says Moore employs him, into custody after he declared he was carrying a firearm at a ticket counter. Burke is licensed to carry a firearm in Florida and California, but not in New York. Burke was taken to Queens central booking and could potentially be charged with a felony for the incident.

If he gets off, it will be because of Michael Moore's celebrity status. This is the same city that has prosecuted several householders for using unregistered guns to defend their family.

OhioCCW has more:

Like another overweight gun ban extremist before him (Rosie O'Donnell), we now see that Moore believes guns are necessary to protect Hollywood aristocrats like himself, but that the working class schlubs he claims to speak for in his movies simply cannot be trusted with arms.

UPDATE: Geek thinks the guy wasn't "carrying" in the sense that he was on duty, but simply declaring a firearm in his checked luggage in accordance with FAA regulations. Either way, it's not unlike New York to go ballistic and still persecute the guy.

UPDATE2: The security company is refuting Fox News' claim. Kevin Baker reports that they are saying he works for their agency, and is sometimes assigned to Michael Moore.