Originally Posted by
SATTSO
This isn't new. Bring a gun into the checkpoint, for example, you are arrested by local LEOs and charged in a state/city court.
And if TSA imposes a fine, that is administrative. If your charged for attempting to circumvent airport securty by artful concealment, that is criminal and goes to the local DA.
Seems to make the argument that there should be NO federal agency security in airports.
Security should be the responsibility of the airport authority and the airlines.