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<blockquote data-quote="Glocktogo" data-source="post: 3123666" data-attributes="member: 1132"><p>OK, let me interject a bit of reality on the topic. Those of you who know what I do, know I'm not on the touchy feely side of the TSA house. But, last month I had seven guns at my airport alone. SEVEN. Six of them were loaded and ready to go. As of noon today, we already have four this month and two of them today alone. What you have to understand is that TSA doesn't work off intent. They work off what you have when you present yourself for screening, even if it's just and as of yet an unresolved anomaly. Dennis is correct, you don't assume a 96 year old lady is going to commit a terrorist act. You assume that it's <em>possible </em>someone may use her as an unknowing mule. If for no other reason, you don't exempt certain classes of people based on that scenario.</p><p></p><p>But let's say you do decide that certain classes of people would never commit, nor allow themselves to unwittingly be used to commit a terrorist (or smuggling) act. In this day and age of everyone getting offended about everything, how do you set up an iron clad exemption system that would never be abused, misused, misinterpreted by a 48,000 person workforce, or create public indignation? I think we all know the answer to that question. You can't. So you get 96 year old ladies undergoing additional screening. IIRC, the oldest person I saw carrying a loaded firearm they "didn't know" they were carrying was 84 years old. Does that mean no one 85 or older ever does or would forget they're packing? Nope. It just means we haven't seen it, yet.</p><p></p><p>No one likes the TSA, including me. I'd rather have to go find another job tomorrow if it meant we were no longer necessary. Unfortunately I have too much job security, because people are overly busy, sometimes forgetful and in some cases, downright stupid. Remember, it was illegal to carry a gun or bomb on a plane before 9/11 was even planned. If you bring a gun to security screening at the airport, you might even get a TSA "love letter" signed by me. BTW, that will cost you $3,920, first offense. But we're reasonable people and if we truly believe you just forgot, you admit you screwed up and pay within 30 days, you only have to pay half. Now who said we were unreasonable?</p><p></p><p>P.S. My job is a huge reason I'm a fierce opponent of off body carry. In 16 years I've only heard of a single case out of tens of thousands nationwide, where the person who "forgot" was packing on person. It's always in a bag or purse and they either "didn't know it was in there" or "forgot it was in there". We even found one once that the guy had "lost" a decade before. We believed him because when we pulled it out, it was covered in filth, rust and the cartridges were corroded into the cylinders. Yeah, we help people find stuff they lost all the time. <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glocktogo, post: 3123666, member: 1132"] OK, let me interject a bit of reality on the topic. Those of you who know what I do, know I'm not on the touchy feely side of the TSA house. But, last month I had seven guns at my airport alone. SEVEN. Six of them were loaded and ready to go. As of noon today, we already have four this month and two of them today alone. What you have to understand is that TSA doesn't work off intent. They work off what you have when you present yourself for screening, even if it's just and as of yet an unresolved anomaly. Dennis is correct, you don't assume a 96 year old lady is going to commit a terrorist act. You assume that it's [I]possible [/I]someone may use her as an unknowing mule. If for no other reason, you don't exempt certain classes of people based on that scenario. But let's say you do decide that certain classes of people would never commit, nor allow themselves to unwittingly be used to commit a terrorist (or smuggling) act. In this day and age of everyone getting offended about everything, how do you set up an iron clad exemption system that would never be abused, misused, misinterpreted by a 48,000 person workforce, or create public indignation? I think we all know the answer to that question. You can't. So you get 96 year old ladies undergoing additional screening. IIRC, the oldest person I saw carrying a loaded firearm they "didn't know" they were carrying was 84 years old. Does that mean no one 85 or older ever does or would forget they're packing? Nope. It just means we haven't seen it, yet. No one likes the TSA, including me. I'd rather have to go find another job tomorrow if it meant we were no longer necessary. Unfortunately I have too much job security, because people are overly busy, sometimes forgetful and in some cases, downright stupid. Remember, it was illegal to carry a gun or bomb on a plane before 9/11 was even planned. If you bring a gun to security screening at the airport, you might even get a TSA "love letter" signed by me. BTW, that will cost you $3,920, first offense. But we're reasonable people and if we truly believe you just forgot, you admit you screwed up and pay within 30 days, you only have to pay half. Now who said we were unreasonable? P.S. My job is a huge reason I'm a fierce opponent of off body carry. In 16 years I've only heard of a single case out of tens of thousands nationwide, where the person who "forgot" was packing on person. It's always in a bag or purse and they either "didn't know it was in there" or "forgot it was in there". We even found one once that the guy had "lost" a decade before. We believed him because when we pulled it out, it was covered in filth, rust and the cartridges were corroded into the cylinders. Yeah, we help people find stuff they lost all the time. :) [/QUOTE]
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