Ok...so the suspect in the Atlanta Airport was defending himself

[PCIntern]

against the gubmint TSA, right? It could happen to anybody…

Meanwhile, am I the only person who is skeptical of the use of the word “accidental”? WTAF does that mean when the situation was that he was trying to keep it in his luggage, lunged for it, and took off. Is it a Kyle Rittenhouse defense?

[Skittles]

1. gun humpers never have to make sense

they just need gun humpers on the jury and these days, that is a given

[Ocelot II]

2. It sounds like he was trying to grab the gun before the TSA person could see it,

not that he was trying to fire it, but I've read that they know who he is, so he'll probably be arrested soon and we'll know more. This may be another example of high octane stupid - guy tries to bring his gun in his carryon bag just for his convenience (maybe he didn't have any checked luggage) and is too damn dumb to grok that it would be seen on the scanner. So they open his bag and he stupidly tries to grab it, but it fires and he runs away. But clearly this has nothing to do with any issues in the Rittenhouse case.

[CurtEastPoint]

3. Our igno-Repube leg made it LEGAL to carry weapons inside ATL, outside the secure area. Fuckers.

[LonePirate]

4. More like defending himself from his lethal suitcase.

Guns have been banned from carry-on luggage for years and years. Why did he think he could get it through security? Was he a fed agent or military personnel or something?

[Ocelot II]

5. Probably because he, like many others, is a moron. More guns at airports than ever:

By October, TSA officers had collected 4,495 guns from airline passengers - most of them loaded.

This is more than the previous record of 4,432 guns found over the whole of 2019, despite lower passenger numbers due to the coronavirus pandemic.

TSA chief David Pekoske said the number of firearms found was "alarming".

He said loaded firearms were an unnecessary risk at checkpoints, had no place in the passenger cabin of an airplane and "represent a very costly mistake for the passengers who attempt to board a flight with them".

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58917805

[lostnfound]

6. Look, it wasn't like he was reaching for his waistband or anything.