Monday, October 24, 2011

File Under: WTF?

I've been following a blog written by someone that works for the TSA.  Here's their latest post.  I'm not ashamed to say that it frightens me.  Half of the guns found had one in the chamber.

Our officers found 22 loaded firearms since I posted last Friday in carry-on baggage. And 1 one on a passenger! (Not counting the unloaded and replica firearms we found). Here is a rundown of the loaded weapons we kept off of airplanes this week:

10-14: TSA Officer at SAT detects a loaded .22 pistol with a round in the chamber.

10-15: TSA Officer at CLL detects a loaded .45 pistol with a round in the chamber.

10-15: TSA Officer at MCI detects a loaded .9mm pistol.

10-15: TSA Officer at ATL detects a loaded .380 pistol with a round in the chamber.

10-16: TSA Officer at CLT detects a loaded .38 pistol.

10-16: TSA Officer at OKC detects a loaded 9mm pistol.

10-16: TSA Officer at PHX detects a loaded .380 pistol with a round in the chamber.

10-17: TSA Officer at BNA detects a loaded .45 pistol.

10-17: TSA Officer at BUR detects a loaded .38 pistol.

10-17: TSA Officer at MCO detects a loaded 9mm pistol with a round in the chamber.

10-18: TSA Officer at BNA detects a loaded .380 pistol.

10-19: TSA Officer at LAW detects a loaded .357 pistol with a round in the chamber.

10-19: TSA Officer at PHX detects a loaded .380 pistol with a round in the chamber.

10-19: TSA Officer at PHX detects a loaded .38 pistol with a round in the chamber.

10-19: TSA Officer at FMN detects a loaded 9mm pistol.

10-19: TSA Officer at LIT detects a loaded .380 pistol.

10-19: TSA Officer at SAV detects a loaded .380 pistol with a round in the chamber.

10-20: TSA Officer at IAD detects a loaded .380 pistol with a round in the chamber.

10-20: TSA Officer at TUL detects a loaded .38 pistol.

10-20: TSA Officer at LIT detects a loaded .38 pistol.

10-20: TSA Officer at ATL detects a loaded 9mm pistol.

10-20: TSA Officer at MEM detects a loaded .38 pistol with a round in the chamber.

10-20: One passenger at DFW took it to the extreme. In the passenger’s back pack, a duffle bag and a sleeping bag, a TSO found two unloaded pistols, (.380 & 9mm) 8 knives of varying blade lengths with seven inches being the longest blade, a saw, and three ammo magazines.

10-20: After alarming the walk through the metal detector at HSV, a passenger immediately remembered he had a loaded .22 Derringer in his pocket.

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