TSA agent has negligent discharge with confiscated weapon

[TMF]

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/09/flight-attendant-tries-to-bring-loaded-gun-through-airport-security/

In short, a flight attendant somehow forgets she has her Smitty .38 in her purse. So she gets rolled up in security and taken to secondary screening, where the TSA officer somehow fires the revolver. The incompetence here is absolute staggering to the point of being funny. How does one have an ND with a revolver? That has to be the safest handgun in the world.... you can just look at it and tell it's loaded, not to mention having such a long, hard trigger pull.

Lesson, don't leave loaded weapons where TSA agents can get them. It is a recipe for disaster.

[gun sane]

I guess he thought he'd unload it the hard way.

[mikegideon]

The way I read it, an airport cop discharged the gun, not the TSA. In other words, it was Barney, not Goober.

[TMF]

The way I read it, an airport cop discharged the gun, not the TSA. In other words, it was Barney, not Goober.

I guess I made the assumption they were one in the same, since she was taken for "secondary screening." I guess I really wanted this to be a TSA person.

[mikegideon]

I know what you mean

[DaveTN]

When one of the officers tried to put the safety on, he accidentally fired the gun. Luckily, no one was hit.

http://www.myfoxphil...hl-intl-airport

Since a J-frame has no safety, and by design one of the hardest trigger pulls in the industry, I wonder what he was doing. The model they keep showing doesn’t have an external hammer, so he had to pull the trigger.

This isn’t like having an ND with a Glock; this took some work.

[Mdunntn]

Dangerous revolver.. clearly the guns fault

Sent from secret underground bunker

[TGO David]

I'm still amazed that this far post-9/11 we still have idiots forgetting about firearms in their bags, be it carry on or checked. Jesus, people... this isn't rocket science.

[JayC]

I'm still amazed that this far post-9/11 we still have idiots forgetting about firearms in their bags, be it carry on or checked. Jesus, people... this isn't rocket science.

I'm amazed this far after 9/11 I'm still having to take my shoes off, and wait inline to be sexually assaulted

Which scares me more? A otherwise law abiding citizen carrying a firearm onto a plane, or a TSA agent purposely sending my daughter through the naked body scanner to get his jollies?

I can tell you it isn't the otherwise law abiding citizen.

Edited September 24, 2012 by JayC

[Jonnin]

The older airweights have a hammer, but not likely to see one of those anymore (?). It would still take a dumber than average moron to fire one by accident, but its possible the model had one and cock+bang from fooling with it.

[BryanP]

The older airweights have a hammer, but not likely to see one of those anymore (?). It would still take a dumber than average moron to fire one by accident, but its possible the model had one and cock+bang from fooling with it.

OIder? You can still buy the model 637 or the 638 brand new all day long.

[Jonnin]

OIder? You can still buy the model 637 or the 638 brand new all day long.

I thought the trends had gone hammerless, but I have 0 interest in snubbies. Ok, old, new, whatever the thing MAY have had a hammer either way!

[Will Carry]

I watched CNN report on it this morning. It made me cringe. It was obvious they knew nothing about firearms. They seem to be holding on to the common myth amongst the antigun people that guns just go off for no reason.

[mikegideon]

I thought the trends had gone hammerless, but I have 0 interest in snubbies. Ok, old, new, whatever the thing MAY have had a hammer either way!

Not for me. I bought a 637 on purpose. Guess I'm showing my age

[Jonnin]

I watched CNN report on it this morning. It made me cringe. It was obvious they knew nothing about firearms. They seem to be holding on to the common myth amongst the antigun people that guns just go off for no reason.

haha .... understandable, since every time some doofus plays with a gun and fires it, they do not want to admit to pulling the trigger.

[Guest nicemac]

Some are concealed, some are partially concealed, and some are exposed, but all of the J-Frames have hammers.

[greenego]

Maybe it was the first time he had seen a revolver. Didn't know if you pull the trigger it goes bang

[TMF]

Maybe it was the first time he had seen a revolver. Didn't know if you pull the trigger it goes bang

Maybe he thought the safety was on.

[vontar]

I'm amazed this far after 9/11 I'm still having to take my shoes off, and wait inline to be sexually assaulted

Which scares me more? A otherwise law abiding citizen carrying a firearm onto a plane, or a TSA agent purposely sending my daughter through the naked body scanner to get his jollies?

I can tell you it isn't the otherwise law abiding citizen.

I am expecting random DNA /and background checks before you are aloud to fly before long.

[10-Ring]

Just saw this in the local news and was checking to see if anyone else had posted about it. It is stupid that the flight attendant is being reprimanded, she made an honest mistake and is otherwise an outstanding citizen, I would suspect anyway since she is a permit holder. The cop that had the ND should be fired on the spot, what a joke, he's lucky his incompetence didn't kill anyone.

[Will H]

It might not have been the airport security cop's fault. That pistol might have been an all ceramic Glock 7. He would not know much about using that gun, as it costs more than his chief makes in a year.

[Volzfan]

Any officer who can't clear a revolver should still be in a training class and not out on the street.