Caught with a gun at DTW, no problem!
Aug 2, 2007, 3:28 pm
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I do suspect the TSA will nail the judge with a fine, though, regardless of whether or not the LEOs took any action. Or will they see that the LEOs did nothing as reason not to hit the judge with the kangaroo court "administrative" fees?
Aug 2, 2007, 3:45 pm
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Guns and narcotics are two very different things when it comes to airport security. Why call over the police when narcotics are found? Maybe if there are large bricks of coke or mj, but for "personal use" it seems like a lot more paperwork than it is worth.
Aug 2, 2007, 3:52 pm
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Shucks, they probably figured that the positive benefits of a gun departing Detroit outweighed any reasons to confiscate it.... On the other hand, given the well-developed potential for Detroiters to shoot each other at a rate much greater than elsewhere, letting aDetroiter, even a Judge, out of town with a gun is like unto a license for the export of mayhem.
"There go the Judge!"
"There go the Judge!"
Aug 2, 2007, 4:40 pm
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Meanwhile, someone has managed to get himself arrested at Logan for carrying a loaded .38 handgun in his briefcase: http://www.boston.com/news/local/art...sted_at_logan/
He doesn't have a permit to carry the weapon and said he had forgotten the gun was there. A Mass Port Authority spokesman quipped, "If you are dumb enough to take a gun in your carry-on, we're smart enough to find it."
Makes me feel all warm and secure: Not only do people walk around airports with loaded guns, some of them forget where they put the things.
He doesn't have a permit to carry the weapon and said he had forgotten the gun was there. A Mass Port Authority spokesman quipped, "If you are dumb enough to take a gun in your carry-on, we're smart enough to find it."
Makes me feel all warm and secure: Not only do people walk around airports with loaded guns, some of them forget where they put the things.
Aug 2, 2007, 5:34 pm
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Not for us, it becomes a matter for the police - and why call the police? Because that's what we're told to do.
Aug 3, 2007, 9:40 am
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Aug 3, 2007, 5:21 pm
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Aug 4, 2007, 10:31 am
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so does the tsa put this up on their website to toot thier own horn along with "hey look, we caught a meth smuggler" or "hey look we stopped a kidnapping"? <sacrasm intended and not implied> 
what a big ........ double standard as you sure a sh*t wont' ever see it! just like you'll never see the tsa post "gee, we're sorry but we didn't follow our own procedures at san where we not only lost a detained bag we had in our posession but also the pax who owned the bag who was then able to pick up said bag and proceed to their flight thus causing a termnal dump.
what a big ........ double standard as you sure a sh*t wont' ever see it! just like you'll never see the tsa post "gee, we're sorry but we didn't follow our own procedures at san where we not only lost a detained bag we had in our posession but also the pax who owned the bag who was then able to pick up said bag and proceed to their flight thus causing a termnal dump.
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Aug 4, 2007, 10:39 am
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Actually, yes. Take a look at the front page of the TSA website. They're beating their chest about more and more "catches."
Aug 4, 2007, 10:53 am
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but not enough coffee for me this am. i modifed my post "just a bit" 
Aug 4, 2007, 2:05 pm
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There are times to tattle and times not to tattle. @:-)
Aug 4, 2007, 7:03 pm
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