Woman makes it onto flight in Texas with gun in her purse

[Cavman]

I thought it commical that when I had checked all my bags and had no carry on I was randomly selected for the extra pat down and the wand. As this was happening I watched some guy go through no problems with a back pack a laptop bag and a shopping bag...I think they where just profiling my NRA shirt I had on.lol

 

[hoosierdoc]

Someone came up to my cousin in his army uniform on a flight home, asked for his military ID and then handed him a .45 and called him an air marshall for the flight. No training, no weapon instruction, no nothing. THAT is rather scary.

 

[dross]

Someone came up to my cousin in his army uniform on a flight home, asked for his military ID and then handed him a .45 and called him an air marshall for the flight. No training, no weapon instruction, no nothing. THAT is rather scary.

Call me scep-ta-bull.

 

[JettaKnight]

I thought it commical that when I had checked all my bags and had no carry on I was randomly selected for the extra pat down and the wand. As this was happening I watched some guy go through no problems with a back pack a laptop bag and a shopping bag...I think they where just profiling my NRA shirt I had on.lol

Um, I thought random checks, were, well... random.

 

[critter592]

I find it scary that people think the TSA is doing anything useful. According to the article, the TSA claims it knew about the gun but let her grab her bag, let her board the plane, and let the plane begin taxiing to the runway before it occurred to them to yell "Hey, stop!", 100 minutes later.

But...but...they have BADGES! They are officers.

 

[Scutter01]

But...but...they have BADGES! They are officers.

No, they aren't. They have no police powers, contrary to what they'd love everyone to believe.

 

[smokingman]

She made it on the plane with a firearm.Any bets she did not have a bottle of water or shoes lol?

I know nothing to joke about it is totally out of hand.

 

[critter592]

Someone came up to my cousin in his army uniform on a flight home, asked for his military ID and then handed him a .45 and called him an air marshall for the flight. No training, no weapon instruction, no nothing. THAT is rather scary.

Was this a military charter? I don't believe it if it was a regular commercial flight.

 

[critter592]

No, they aren't. They have no police powers, contrary to what they'd love everyone to believe.

But they have matching uniforms! And they're blue. Definitely shows they are part of the thin blue line.

 

[Scutter01]

But they have matching uniforms! And they're blue. Definitely shows they are part of the thin blue line.

TSA: The Progression of the Transportation Security Officer - TSA agents start calling themselves "officers" and wearing badges
GOP bill would dress down TSA - Burgess Everett - POLITICO.com - Bill proposed to tell them to knock it off
http://blackburn.house.gov/UploadedFiles/STRIP_Act_Bill_Text.pdf - Text of bill

 

[CBR1000rr]

Right from the DHS playbook.... except they don't have it printed in purple.

You never know. It may be in purple? I would even go as far as to say that it is written in every language except American English!

 

[gunowner930]

TSA: The Progression of the Transportation Security Officer - TSA agents start calling themselves "officers" and wearing badges
GOP bill would dress down TSA - Burgess Everett - POLITICO.com - Bill proposed to tell them to knock it off
http://blackburn.house.gov/UploadedFiles/STRIP_Act_Bill_Text.pdf - Text of bill

TSA backscaling huh? They should change the uniforms to clownsuits, and all 5 of them who aren't overweight should be forced to wear fatsuits to blend in. Then again, no matter how you dress a turd, it's still a turd

edit: and btw, I wish Congress and the President would flush that turd down the toilet because it is stinking up the entire country.