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Old Nov 4, 2013 | 1:05 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...
Is there any study/evidence that ordinary, untrained and uneducated (note: uneducated - means not aware of responsibilities and consequences to one's actions) people's responsibility increases when they are given firearms?

Somehow Stanford Prison Experiment comes into mind...
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