How will TSA respond to FLL baggage claim shooting?
Jan 6, 2017, 4:55 pm
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I don't understand how this is any different from an armed individual walking into the baggage claim area from the parking lot and firing. He just happened to get the gun from his luggage instead of his car. Air travel had nothing to do with this.
Jan 6, 2017, 6:10 pm
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Why does anyone need to fly with machine guns in their checked bags? Maybe they shouldn't be allowed to check any guns. They could ship them ahead of time to the nearest police station where they can be claimed. The police could also check their credentials / permits to see if they are legally allowed to have them at their destination.
Jan 6, 2017, 6:12 pm
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I thought the guy checked the guns in on the plane? Didn't that plane fly? What do you mean air travel had nothing to do with it?
Jan 6, 2017, 6:22 pm
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However, it will somehow cause a knee-jerk reaction which will slow down travel and make it more difficult, if not impossible, to travel with checked firearms.
And for the record, I have never fired a weapon and don't own any - this is purely principle for me. I have no dog in this fight aside from making my travel take longer for no good reason.
Jan 6, 2017, 6:26 pm
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I'm a gun owner who thinks we as a country must find a way to keep guns out of the hands unstable people. Even then how do we ID those people without violating the rights of others?
Jan 6, 2017, 6:29 pm
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If anyone flew out of NRT in the '80s when the local farmers were protesting the airport's construction and opening (and appropriation of farm land), there was indeed a security cordon around the airport whether you were approaching by road or rail.
It's been said long and often in FT by some that tougher security screening to airside will lead to strikes against soft targets on the unsecured side (waiting to get airside).
Jan 6, 2017, 6:29 pm
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Why does anyone need to fly with machine guns in their checked bags? Maybe they shouldn't be allowed to check any guns. They could ship them ahead of time to the nearest police station where they can be claimed. The police could also check their credentials / permits to see if they are legally allowed to have them at their destination.
Machine guns? Really?
What courier do you suggest people use to ship their "machine guns"?
Jan 6, 2017, 8:31 pm
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This is the truth but there will be calls to ban the check in guns sadly.
Jan 6, 2017, 10:34 pm
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TSA will use this to try to get more authority and to be armed and gun grabbers will use it to promote antigun sentiments.
Either way US citizens lose.
Either way US citizens lose.
Jan 6, 2017, 10:51 pm
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Maybe TSA will require all luggage containing firearms to be checked to the destination baggage office, where unclaimed and oversized bags are currently sent, so that some verification (not just ID, but e.g. whether the passenger is sober) can be performed before pickup.
And in the end, extra expense, time and hassle will be the result..and those will bad intentions, will still find a way to carry out their atrocities.
Jan 6, 2017, 11:08 pm
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Because TSA was so extremely busy upstairs at passengers checkpoints, but not in the baggage claim. TSA is not in the baggage claim. They already have a security camera. They had a camera everywhere.
No, his gun was into checked bags, but not in the cabin aircraft. He actual flew ANC-MSP-FLL today. Because TSA was too extremely busy upstairs at security checkpoints. That's why TSA is not in the baggage claim. They had a camera everywhere.
Jan 7, 2017, 5:47 am
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If you want to know why we are still under the power and control of TSA, read some of the ignorant tweets there. It's enough to make one want to pound one's head.
Jan 7, 2017, 6:44 am
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I'm curious if this shooter had gotten PreCheck on his boarding passes for his ANC-MSP-FLL trip? It's not like it would have been his first time.
Jan 7, 2017, 7:58 am
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Personally I wouldn't fly with a firearm. Imagine the trouble if the airline looses your back.