David Walter Banks for The New York Times
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International is the nation's busiest airport and a magnet of sorts for gun-carrying fliers.
The New York Times
Across the country, people are increasingly being caught at security checkpoints with firearms in their carry-on bags. Nowhere does this happen more often than at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, the nation’s busiest airport and a magnet of sorts for gun-carrying fliers.
Across the country, people are increasingly being caught at security checkpoints with firearms in their carry-on bags. Nowhere does this happen more often than at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, the nation’s busiest airport and a magnet of sorts for gun-carrying fliers.
Through last week, the Transportation Security Administration had seized 67 guns this year at Hartsfield-Jackson, putting it ahead of last year’s pace and giving the airport a comfortable lead over Dallas-Fort Worth International in its defense of a dubious title. (Not every seizure results in an arrest; the exceptions include some military personnel.) Nationwide, security agents had seized 862 through the first half of 2013, a rate likely to eclipse last year’s record of 1,556.
I've already come up with a sure-fire way to stop this, or at least cut it way way down.
I've already come up with a sure-fire way to stop this, or at least cut it way way down.
If the people have clean records, how about letting them ship their guns home and go on their way?
ReplyDeleteBecause we have prison cells that need filling. Didn't you read Mike's post about how we are the least incarcerated country in the world?
DeleteNobody's talking about filling the prisons with these idiots. That's typical of TS to say that. But, we should consider that people who do this cannot be trusted to keep their guns safely out of the hands of kids and others who should not have access to them. This kind of irresponsible gun management should be dealt with severely to ensure it doesn't happen again.
DeleteTS would call that making felons out of law abiding gun owners. I call it law abiding gun owners making felons out of themselves.
If only you were the king of the world. But you're not.
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