TSA's gun policy: Confiscate it, Instagram it

Post by jlgreco » Tue, Jul 09, 2013, 8:13 PM UTC

nthj wrote: post #17

DanBC wrote: post #8

The headline is a bit odd. The TSA blog gives clear and simple instructions on how to take your weapons onto a plane. (Not loaded, not in your hand luggage.) Some people have said (on HN as well as other places) that the TSA have never stopped weapons getting on board a plane and if they had they would have heavily publicised it. In fact, they stop about 20 to 30 guns each week from getting on board a plane. Those gu…

> to help remind people to put guns into checked baggage instead I have to wonder how many of the firearms they stop are just regular law-abiding concealed handgun license bearers who, in their rush to get to the airport, forgot that they keep a loaded firearm in their purse, briefcase, or backpack. Since the penalty is a $7,500 fine and not 20 years in jail, I have to presume this scenario is far more common "malici…

Post by bwhite » Tue, Jul 09, 2013, 8:14 PM UTC

asperous wrote: post #9

This feels kinda wrong, but I have to keep in mind that these people chose to give up these items. From the TSA Blog (I cannot confirm if true) When prohibited items come through the checkpoint, passengers are given options: 1) Take the item to the ticket counter and check it in your baggage or a box provided by the airport. 2) Many airports have a US Postal Service or other shipping services area where boxes, stamps…

Post by outworlder » Tue, Jul 09, 2013, 8:17 PM UTC

asperous wrote: post #9

This feels kinda wrong, but I have to keep in mind that these people chose to give up these items. From the TSA Blog (I cannot confirm if true) When prohibited items come through the checkpoint, passengers are given options: 1) Take the item to the ticket counter and check it in your baggage or a box provided by the airport. 2) Many airports have a US Postal Service or other shipping services area where boxes, stamps…

Post by DanBC » Tue, Jul 09, 2013, 8:18 PM UTC

jlgreco wrote: post #19

DanBC wrote: post #8

The headline is a bit odd. The TSA blog gives clear and simple instructions on how to take your weapons onto a plane. (Not loaded, not in your hand luggage.) Some people have said (on HN as well as other places) that the TSA have never stopped weapons getting on board a plane and if they had they would have heavily publicised it. In fact, they stop about 20 to 30 guns each week from getting on board a plane. Those gu…

> Some people have said (on HN as well as other places) that the TSA have never stopped weapons getting on board a plane and if they had they would have heavily publicised it I believe the standard claim is that they have never discovered and apprehended a terrorist, preventing an attack. Everybody knows they steal shit from people who, although perhaps stupid, are not terrorists.

Post by nthj » Tue, Jul 09, 2013, 8:22 PM UTC

freehunter wrote: post #20

nthj wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> to help remind people to put guns into checked baggage instead I have to wonder how many of the firearms they stop are just regular law-abiding concealed handgun license bearers who, in their rush to get to the airport, forgot that they keep a loaded firearm in their purse, briefcase, or backpack. Since the penalty is a $7,500 fine and not 20 years in jail, I have to presume this scenario is far more common "malici…

To be fair, they're not regular law-abiding citizens if they're bringing a loaded gun into an airport and attempting to get on a plane with it. As much as I would love to see the TSA disappear tomorrow, some might argue that carelessness should be punished more often than it actually is...