Mandurah Mail
A man who brought a loaded gun into a packed MCG has been jailed for 22 months, with a magistrate strongly condemning the alarming incident.
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Omar Salma, 21, admitted bringing the weapon to the AFL clash between Collingwood and Carlton on April 3, which 82,000 fans attended.
He had assaulted a security guard, who evicted him from the ground two weeks earlier, when police arrived to restrain him.
During a search, officers uncovered a loaded .22 calibre revolver on Salma and a container of cartridge ammunition in his bag.
His co-offender Mohammad Noori also had a loaded firearm in his possession.
Salma told police he had the weapon to protec