Originally Posted by TSAJohn
Since the Aviation and Transportation Security Act was signed into law on November 19, 2001, the TSA has found 2,150 firearms. Kind of scary isn't it?
Ho hum. Yawn. Not scary at all. Unless you're selling snake oil security to the masses. Then you have to dress it up and make it real scary.
How many guns were found in the prior three year period (11/19/98 thru 11/19/01) by the contract screeners?
And even more relevant: How many guns were used in the USA on board airliners in the last 6 years?
Oh, and how many guns has the TSA failed to find in its 30 months or so of searching? Given the test results from EWR announced in the press recently, the number must be staggering.
The legislation providing for the TSA was enacted three years ago, but the first TSA screeners didn't appear until the spring of 2002, nearly 6 months after the law was passed.