And herein lies the source of the disagreement. Your hair-trigger reaction that anyone saying anything negative MUST be about to bash TSA. After following many of the posts in this forum for quite some time, I can kind of sympathize. You guys frequently take a beating, often unwarrented. Believe it or not, I am more often than not on your side of most issues. I just don't post often.

My observations on the use - or misuse - of secondary weapons by law enforcement or security personnel are based on 30 years as a law enforcement officer and manager and academy instructor (now retired.) The observation that untrained or undertrained personnel can cause serious, even life threatening injuries through improper use of such weapons is based on that experience. I've been there, seen it, had to file charges against otherwise responsible individuals who thought they were only doing their job. The characterization of the "perpetrator" as "private security" is from the OP. Neither your agency nor any law enforcement agency is "private."

There is no "quantum leap" to build a case against TSA here. I think we are all pretty much on the same page. No need for acrimony in this thread. There is more than enough under other titles.

JR