Originally Posted by AdamK
The taxpayers of the United States of America paid $2,845,188.22 for every ONE firearm found.
The civilian passengers paid $2,733,612.27 for every ONE firearm found.
I have left out the innumerable tweezers, fingernail clippers, bookmarks, sewing needles, and butter knives that have been confiscated at checkpoints, making us infinitely safer.
But, of course it's worth spending a mere 5 million dollars to find one gun. That's only five million dollars - aren't you worth it? Are you trying to put a price on life?! Think of the children! Protect the empire! Never forget! Insert more meaningless trumpery here!
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain who is saying (five million dollars could have provided your community with dozens of full-time police officers to secure the mall and the bridge and hunt down anti-terror clues and guard borders and ....) : at least we found that one gun!