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Old Oct 8, 2012, 8:21 pm
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castrobenes
 
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Originally Posted by cbn42
Perfect, that's what I was looking for. Thank you.

Since this from the TSA Handbook and not a government regulation, would I be correct in saying that a TSO who brought a gun to work would not be violating any law, and just an employer's policy? If that is the case, then it is not a crime and the police couldn't do anything because it is legal under state law, but the TSA could discipline/dismiss the employee.
Nope. It is possible for for conduct to be both a violation of employee conduct rules and against the law. The two things are separate. The arresting LEO wouldn't arrest the TSO for violating TSA employee rules, they would charge the TSO for violating specific criminal laws. TSA, on the other hand, would discipline the TSO for violating employee conduct rules.

I am very curious about your motivation for asking this question and making this type of conclusion.

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