TSA Week in Review: 46 Firearms Discovered This Week (40 Loaded)

[Robb]

46 Firearms Discovered This Week – Of the 46 firearms, 40 were loaded and 17 had rounds chambered

Firearms Discovered This Week in Carry-On Bags


In order to provide a timely weekly update, I compile my data from a preliminary report. The year-end numbers will vary slightly (increase) from what I report in the weekly updates. However, any monthly, midyear, or end-of-year numbers TSA provides on this blog or elsewhere will not be estimates...

Unfortunately these sorts of occurrences are all too frequent which is why we talk about these finds. Sure, it’s great to share the things that our officers are finding, but at the same time, each time we find a dangerous item, the throughput is slowed down and a passenger that likely had no ill intent ends up with a citation or in some cases is even arrested. The passenger can face a penalty as high as $7,500.00. This is a friendly reminder to please leave these items at home. Just because we find a prohibited item on an individual does not mean they had bad intentions, that's for the law enforcement officer to decide. In many cases, people simply forgot they had these items.

Read More: http://blog.tsa.gov/2013/09/tsa-week-in-review-46-firearms.html

...Are you freaking kidding me?? Are they gonna freedom the hell out of somebody on the plane??

[NYC_SKP]

1. Good to hear that TSA is doing something good.

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They should keep the guns, that would serve up a good lesson to those silly travelers.



ETA: It's not like people can't bring guns with them:

TSA: Firearms and Ammunition Traveling with Special Items


They just can't carry them aboard. Idjits!

[Link Speed]

2. Dang! A LOT of those had chambered rounds.

What the hell were those people thinking?

I have never bought into the bs that they 'simply forgot'.

[etherealtruth]

3. How does one forget they have a loaded gun?

[ManiacJoe]

5. By carrying it in something other than a holster on your body.

Like in a purse, briefcase, backpack, etc. Toss the gun in once, let it get buried on the bottom, forget that it is there since you never see on a frequent basis.

Never mind that all of these off-body carry methods are poor methods of carry.

[seveneyes]

4. If they are stupid enough to try and board with a firearm

Then they possess enough stupidity to simply forget they had it in their bag. I would wager that exactly zero of them had any intention of using their gun to start trouble on the plane.

[ileus]

6. Always in a proper holster on your person...

all I can say is folks that forget they're carrying a firearm don't have much regard for personal safety. If you don't care enough to remember you have it how will it save lives when necessary?

What good are those unloaded personal safety devices, only 17 were ready to serve society...keep a round loaded and on your person.

Safety first...