Statistical Findings from DHS airport screenings

[jcoosi]

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[Trekbike]

Love it!!

[TrickyNicky]

Just out of curiosity, the TSA has found and confiscated many knives, and lots of guns yet so many here are convinced they don't do their job. Maybe all those guns and knives were accidents, maybe everyone they've caught had noble intentions? Maybe some people just expect a terrorist to be wearing a t-shirt that says "terrorist" when they get caught at screening? Anyone else not wearing said shirt obviously is just absent minded enough to try going through airport security with a gun or razor blade post 9/11?

Sorry this is a bit of a pet peeve of mine, there are all kinds of ill informed misconceptions out there regarding aviation security and for me at least it got old fast. Nothing and nobody is perfect but IMO our system works about as well as any and those that don't like it should remember there is no constitutional right to flying, and yes you do waive your right to privacy going into the sterile area of an airport. And BTW, no, the undertrained underpaid goon working the new body scanners cannot see your wife's goodys or your package.

Rant off.

[9mmNoob]

Hahahaha! Truth!

[Guest 6.8 AR]

Hilarious! I would expect that kind of report from the gov.

[Rowdy]

[quote name='TrickyNicky' timestamp='1354156135' post='852208']
Just out of curiosity, the TSA has found and confiscated many knives, and lots of guns yet so many here are convinced they don't do their job. Maybe all those guns and knives were accidents, maybe everyone they've caught had noble intentions? Maybe some people just expect a terrorist to be wearing a t-shirt that says "terrorist" when they get caught at screening? Anyone else not wearing said shirt obviously is just absent minded enough to try going through airport security with a gun or razor blade post 9/11?

Sorry this is a bit of a pet peeve of mine, there are all kinds of ill informed misconceptions out there regarding aviation security and for me at least it got old fast. Nothing and nobody is perfect but IMO our system works about as well as any and those that don't like it should remember there is no constitutional right to flying, and yes you do waive your right to privacy going into the sterile area of an airport. And BTW, no, the undertrained underpaid goon working the new body scanners cannot see your wife's goodys or your package.

Rant off.
[/quote]

I believe guns and knives would have been found with a simple pass through the metal detector. My complaint comes with random "pat downs" of the elderly and toddlers.

[mikegideon]

[quote name='TrickyNicky' timestamp='1354156135' post='852208']
Just out of curiosity, the TSA has found and confiscated many knives, and lots of guns yet so many here are convinced they don't do their job. Maybe all those guns and knives were accidents, maybe everyone they've caught had noble intentions? Maybe some people just expect a terrorist to be wearing a t-shirt that says "terrorist" when they get caught at screening? Anyone else not wearing said shirt obviously is just absent minded enough to try going through airport security with a gun or razor blade post 9/11?

Sorry this is a bit of a pet peeve of mine, there are all kinds of ill informed misconceptions out there regarding aviation security and for me at least it got old fast. Nothing and nobody is perfect but IMO our system works about as well as any and those that don't like it should remember there is no constitutional right to flying, and yes you do waive your right to privacy going into the sterile area of an airport. And BTW, no, the undertrained underpaid goon working the new body scanners cannot see your wife's goodys or your package.

Rant off.
[/quote]

I don't fly because of the TSA and their extreme stupidity. They can kiss my ass.

[mcurrier]

TSA Claims Congress Has No Jurisdiction Over It - [url="http://freedomoutpost.com/2012/11/tsa-claims-congress-has-no-jurisdiction-over-it/"]http://freedomoutpos...iction-over-it/[/url]

[TrickyNicky]

[quote name='Rowdy' timestamp='1354161739' post='852269']


I believe guns and knives would have been found with a simple pass through the metal detector. My complaint comes with random "pat downs" of the elderly and toddlers.
[/quote]

You mean the same elderly and toddlers that have been used for decades as drug mules right? I guess that makes sense.

[TrickyNicky]

[quote name='mikegideon' timestamp='1354162239' post='852273']


I don't fly because of the TSA and their extreme stupidity. They can kiss my ass.
[/quote]

I feel the same way, almost. I don't like the head aches associated with flying any more than the next guy and will only fly as a last resort. But at the same time I know the rules going in and don't sit around complaining about some kind of imaginary airplane right either. Also don't try to fool myself that an organization I don't care for is completely useless just because I don't like the way they do things.

mcurrier, I hadn't seen that before, I'll have to do a little reading before passing judgment but that does sound pretty effed up.

Once again not defending policies, just think its absurd to claim something's useless just because it inconveniences me a little bit.