• ExLisper@linux.community
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    8 months ago

    7000 guns. With those numbers they should simply accommodate the customers. Simply provide gun locks at each checkpoint.

    • “It looks like you have a gun on you, sir. Please place this gun lock on it. It will be unlocked by an agent at your destination”
    • “Yes officer, I forgot I had a gun in my sock, sorry. Thank you for the lock. Bye.”

    Problem solved.

    • Treczoks@kbin.social
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      8 months ago

      Well, that is an entirely different point. TSA is 99% security theater to make people feel safe. If they found a record number of weapons, but on the other hand miss most of them anyway, did they miss a record number of weapons, too?

  • Treczoks@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    People who are dumb enough to try taking a loaded gun onto an airplane are lacking the mental capacity to own a gun without endangering other people. In civilized countries, this usually will lead to a revocation of your firearms licence.

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      8 months ago

      If the person is charged and convicted it is effectively the same result in the US, as it constitutes a felony and convicted felons are barred from firearms purchase and possession.

  • PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    One time I had a giant Costco-sized thing of Tums in my bag and they brought out the drug sniffing dog and the science kit to take one - from the still unopened bottle - and test it.

    It was a minor annoyance, but I couldn’t imagine packing to go to the airport and not making sure I don’t have a loaded gun on me first. That would be the first step, before ID or whatever.

  • Arbiter@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    We shouldn’t need to issue PSAs about not bringing your gun in your carry on, but here we are.