TSA finds average of 4 guns each day at airports

[jwoody]

Let's not trivialize how many idiots there are...remember less than 5% of americans carry a gun on their person, that would onlybe be 75,000 carriersmore that flywould each day, so there are actually 20 times more morons than your "small potatoes"...just sayin'

[6shootercarry]

I have serious concerns about someone who forgets they are armed or forgets their weapon is in their briefcase or luggage.

Perhaps they just aren't responsible enough to possess a weapon.

Perhaps the NRA's firearms safety list should be amended to include, as item number 1, the rule "Always know where your weapon is located. If you don't know where it is located then it isn't of any use to you anyway."

Most passengers caught say they 'forgot' they were carrying a weapon

"I was going to shot the perp, but I forgot where my weapon was...."

I have serious concerns about A-holes such as yourself who believe they are perfect and beyond reproach... You would have the entire country take a test and prove valid cause to carry a firearm if you had the power to do so... Another dictator in the making... I bet you would vote for an amendment to the Constitution of the United States that would repeal the 2nd Amendment thereby fixing this "irresponsible people w/ guns" problem... I bet you would also force people to walk or take mass transit to fix the entire "distracted driver problem" What color is the sky where you exist? No matter how hard you try you will never be able to take all the sharp edges off the world and pad all of it's corners...

Be responsible for yourself and let the rest of the world exist with freedom and liberty... GFY...

[localgirl]

The picture shows 2 fake guns. I hope that wasn't meant to symbolize what the TSA considers a dangerous weapon. And why confiscate the empty casings?

That would actually be pretty sweet to witness. I would get in so much trouble for giggling.

[pafindr]

Ok the TSA finds 4 guns each day. What were the numbers before there was TSA?
If the numbers are the same then it's business as usual and it's another reason we don't need the TSA.

[jg1967]

Most people don't fly a lot ... some people live in places where carrying really isn't a big deal and they honestly stop thinking about it. Anyway, maybe everybody should be allowed to pack heat on a plane? I'd like to see the next skyjacking after that.

[B2Tall]

The picture shows 2 fake guns. I hope that wasn't meant to symbolize what the TSA considers a dangerous weapon. And why confiscate the empty casings?

I'm sure they would stop you from boarding with anything that could pass for a real gun. It's the threat of violence that gets planes hijacked. A reproduction, toy, etc. isn't likely to get you arrested but you can bet they're not going to let you on with it. Shortly after 9/11 I tried to board a plane with a small Swiss army knife that was in my toiletry kit. No alarms, no arrest....just a TSA guy telling me I can't take it on the plane. Since it was a gift from someone, I went to the post office that was in the airport (Reagan intl. in D.C.) and mailed it to myself.

[B2Tall]

Most people don't fly a lot ... some people live in places where carrying really isn't a big deal and they honestly stop thinking about it. Anyway, maybe everybody should be allowed to pack heat on a plane? I'd like to see the next skyjacking after that.

I don't think I'd want to be in a narrow aluminum tube that's packed with people, shoulder-to-shoulder, when a gun fight breaks out.....especially at 35,000 feet.

[Phillip Gain]

Standing by for Mr. Gain's reply as to what an a$$&*!@ I am....

I have no comment. Your nitpicky, self-righteous assholishness speaks for itself.

[NavyLCDR]

I have no comment. Your nitpicky, self-righteous assholishness speaks for itself.

I also happened to be right. I notice you left that out of your list.

I need to modify one of my universal rules:

The three biggest sources of misinformation regarding firearms laws continue to prove themselves to be LEO, gun store employees and firearms instuctors.

Heck, I didn't even put "instructor" in quotes when I posted the correct information from the authoritative sources.

If you don't want me to respond to your posts, then do some research and stop posting false information. We have enough restrictions that are real, and restrictions that the anti-gun crowd desires. We don't need to add any false restrictions upon ourselves from inside the gun community, and you seem to like to do that a lot.

[jg1967]

I don't think I'd want to be in a narrow aluminum tube that's packed with people, shoulder-to-shoulder, when a gun fight breaks out.....especially at 35,000 feet.

Me neither. But I would like it even less to be in a plane that gets hijacked because nobody can do nothing at all.