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Passenger carries firearm through TSA screening at Atlanta onto Delta flight
A traveler carrying a firearm boarded a flight from Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and flew to Tokyo Narita International Airport on January 3, according to a statement from the Transportation Security Administration. "TSA has determined standard procedures were not followed and a passenger did in fact pass through a standard screening TSA checkpoint with a firearm at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on the morning of January 3," the release states. (www.cnn.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I am in FL (from Chicago) - outside of Miami and Orlando (still safer than Chicago), well, you will see people who own a few, dozens or hundreds of guns. That is our right. "If I had -A- gun" is meaningless to most folks who have read the Constitution of the United States.
At least in FL we can protect ourselves and not wait for police and Ambulances. As for TSA - "Totally Senseless Agency"? Hell, most that I have seen have never held more than a High School Diploma or been held by their fathers (just check in MCO, ORD, ATL and on and on).
If we want REAL security - well, we have a National Guard and Military that could handle airports and borders easily.
At least in FL we can protect ourselves and not wait for police and Ambulances. As for TSA - "Totally Senseless Agency"? Hell, most that I have seen have never held more than a High School Diploma or been held by their fathers (just check in MCO, ORD, ATL and on and on).
If we want REAL security - well, we have a National Guard and Military that could handle airports and borders easily.
Somebody's in biiiiig trouble. I am really surprised this happened, considering all the searches and pat downs the TSA does. It's amazing that with all the security measures in place this happened. I imagine there's going to be a big shake up in that particular area of TSA at Atlanta airport and that several people might find themselves standing in the unemployment line.
TSA almost never finds firearms and explosives, that are planted by TSA agents to test their own screeners. TSA is a sham!
True, but they have one hell of a water, toothpaste, and shampoo stock.
You forgot shaving cream, which they also have a lot of
Several years ago, I - unknowingly - went through Atlanta’s TSA checkpoint with three Exacto knives and an unopened package of new blades. (I had put them in my purse to bring to school to cut tennis balls. I forgot about them.) This was discovered when I was going through security in Duluth (MN) to return home. “Do you have anything sharp in your purse?” I replied that I didn’t think so. I was wrong! I reported this to TSA - the fact that I was allowed through Atlanta with the knives. It fell on deaf ears. No one cared. (BTW, Duluth has the best TSA security that I have encountered.) So don’t expect a shake-up.
They call these "test" people secret shoppers---- in the industry....
I wish we could look at the Israeli type security screening.... however, Israel is only the size of New Jersey...and it may be impractical for us in the USA....
I wish we could look at the Israeli type security screening.... however, Israel is only the size of New Jersey...and it may be impractical for us in the USA....
I wasn’t a test person or secret shopper. And I could’ve been a bad guy!!! (This did not occur during the government shutdown.)
With cockpit doors and door protocols after 9/11 there really isn’t much you could do with them except piss off a bunch of other people.
If I had a gun, I be damn sure I knew where it was at all times.