PELSTON, Mich. (AP) - A northern Michigan lawmaker will not face criminal charges for carrying a loaded handgun through pre-flight screening at an Emmet County airport. The Petoskey News-Review and The Detroit News report Monday that Prosecutor James Linderman said in a release that he won't charge state Rep. Lee Chatfield because Michigan's law is not current with federal law in defining where inside airports guns are prohibited. Chatfield is a Republican from Levering, south of Mackinaw City. Security staff at Pellston Regional Airport found the gun July 15 in a carry-on bag. The gun was confiscated. Chatfield was questioned and later released. Linderman said the gun had not been registered - a civil infraction. Chatfield has said he accidently left the gun in the bag and later registered it. Chatfield faces Bruce Newville in Tuesday's Republican primary for the state House seat.