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Old Nov 3, 2013 | 10:35 am
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Originally Posted by WindowSeat123
The flip side of that is if there is greater scrutiny and training for armed personnel, the general quality of the TSA might go up, and you'll get less of those surly but useless morons who could'nt get any other job sign up for the TSA...

But yeah, that will never happen. The expense and bureaucracy involved is too great...
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I'd like to see some evidence. It doesn't appear to be playing out that way with police across the country, particularly the full-on SWAT teams serving warrants for non-violent offenders at the wrong addresses at 0200 or firing on two women delivering papers in a car that didn't even fit the description of the offender's vehicle (wrong color, make, no plate check before firing). Plenty of scrutiny and training, little or no accountability, more mistakes and innocent people killed.

No thanks.
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