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Old Aug 25, 2015, 10:07 am
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Originally Posted by Section 107
well, they have stopped thousands of firearms from getting on planes - guns which MIGHT have been used in a terroristic incident.

However, since it appears none of the arrests for gun possession at a checkpoint resulted in terrorism charges the probability of an intended terrorist incident actually being prevented or avoided was small indeed.
Until airport workers are subjected to the same level of screening that passengers are the work of TSA has little value.

The air side of the airport are where the vulnerabilities lay.
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