If the man is telling the truth, there is no inconsistency between his beliefs and his actions, and his crime was one born of carelessness, not of a sense of privilege.
He apparently has a second job as a security guard. As such he is licensed to carry. He may well believe that only licensed security personnel and LEO should ever carry, and not that his position as a privileged politician allows the carry. Were it the latter, I'd call him a hypocrite. Instead, I'll just call him wrong.
He should be treated the same as any other citizen who inadvertently tried to take a gun through a checkpoint would be. If that has a negative effect on his campaign for Congress, meh. He DID break the law. The only question is whether his actions were criminal, i.e. did he have the intent to break the law, or was it an accident (in which case he would face only civil penalties)?
I see a lot of irony here, but zero hypocrisy.
