Originally Posted by
OldGoat
But in this case, a firearm could not have been constructed from the parts. See
here
Guns have been on aircraft almost ever since aircraft were invented. Because so much is said about risk, and risk is likelihood and outcomes, it'd be interesting to ascertain the frequency of guns on aircraft against the outcomes. My guess is that the frequency is and was much higher than any of us would guess, and the bad outcomes are from a miniscule number of cases, with most of the bad outcomes in the 60's (domestic) and 80's (International).
And that's the risk from real guns. I can't think of any commercial aircraft event that involved zip guns. None. Perhaps you know of one.
That's the frequentist view. The probalist view would be informed by the guns discovered at the checkpoint. I can't think of any that were carried by someone who intended harm. Perhaps you know of one.
In the extant situation, the Pasco sheriff is involved instead of Hillsborough. That tells me that the gun was related to something off-airport, and only disposed of in the airport.
Altogether a yawner of a story for airport security.
Agreed, I had not seen the further information. These items are not really a threat, asa this appears to be someone attempting to dispose of weapons in different locations. Many groups that use firearms in crimes will disassemble them and dispose of them over a widespread area so there is less chance of the firearms being used in court later on. This is simply finding sometrhing that
may help local LEOs in another case.
Originally Posted by
Flahusky
They found the following:
A bolt carrier and firing pin to an AK-47 rifle, an empty 30-round AK-47 magazine and four slides to Glock Model 22 .40-caliber handguns.
Odd thing is the 4 slides for a glock 22 IMHO
With out the upper/lower and trigger group there is no ak-47.
They found the keys, spark plugs and empty gas tank for an analogy to cars.
Agreed.