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MADem

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17. She shot a TSA agent, too. You're mistaken.

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 03:11 PM

Mar 2015

The T.S.A. officer who was hit by a bullet was being treated for wounds that were not considered life-threatening.

The idiot with the machete is dead. He was mentally ill.

You'd think someone would have kept their eyes open and noticed that a nut with a machete was entering the airport, well before he approached the entrance to the sterile area.

What good is airport surveillance if no one is looking?

Also, why is it so "impossible" for humans to develop a weapon that is effective and non-lethal?

I remain firm in my view that it is a shit idea to arm TSA. They are not the brightest bulbs on the tree on a good day, and if there's someone in a bad mood, that's a bad day. Leave it to the professionals, who--given the methodology they favor--will probably end up hitting innocent victims (as the LEO did one in this instance) but who will probably hit FEWER innocent victims than some nitwit with a TSA badge might.

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Arming TSA ..good idea? Bad??? [View all] dixiegrrrrl Mar 2015 OP

Bad. delrem Mar 2015 #1

Surprised some aren't already... pipoman Mar 2015 #2

Unnecessary, others at airports are already armed. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #3

The Tits Scrotum and Ass inspection brigade? No. I don't think so. Bad Idea. nt Xipe Totec Mar 2015 #4

Like they could shoot any better than the cop who shot the passenger and the TSA worker MADem Mar 2015 #5

You're kidding, right? Jenoch Mar 2015 #11

She shot a TSA agent, too. You're mistaken. MADem Mar 2015 #17

I am not mistaken in anything I wrote in that post. Jenoch Mar 2015 #18

Sorry, but you did write that "nobody else was hit" save "the guy with the machete." MADem Mar 2015 #19

I guess I assumed you understood I was referring Jenoch Mar 2015 #20

"The passenger" referred to the nutcase who was hit x3, and then killed. MADem Mar 2015 #21

Why would you refer to the perp as a 'passenger'? Jenoch Mar 2015 #22

Because you need a ticket to get into the sterile area. nt MADem Mar 2015 #23

You don't need a ticket Jenoch Mar 2015 #24

Most airports I know, by the time you get to where the TSA people are checking bags, MADem Mar 2015 #26

I still don't know why anyone would refer to him Jenoch Mar 2015 #28

By the same token, I can't understand why you'd aver that nobody was hit, when someone was, plainly, MADem Mar 2015 #29

I already explained that. The deouty saved that woman's life. Jenoch Mar 2015 #30

No, you misstated. I quoted you, with bolding, too! And I wasn't "mocking" anything. MADem Mar 2015 #31

I read the story, as evidenced by my Jenoch Mar 2015 #32

So the deputy saved her life. How nice! She also shot her! You said she didn't shoot anyone but the MADem Mar 2015 #33

Why are you telling me the TSA should not be armed? Jenoch Mar 2015 #37

Your words said that only the machete guy was hit. If you are now acknowledging that MADem Mar 2015 #38

The TSA agent must really love his parasites. uppityperson Mar 2015 #34

Absolutely not Jenoch Mar 2015 #36

Neither tularetom Mar 2015 #6

They're asking for this because they're frightened Warpy Mar 2015 #7

I think this has "bad idea" written all over it. hughee99 Mar 2015 #8

The bottom of the security barrel... Oktober Mar 2015 #9

Very Bad Lurks Often Mar 2015 #10

horrible idea Takket Mar 2015 #12

It's never a bad idea to be armed. ileus Mar 2015 #13

What could possibly go wrong? nt Laffy Kat Mar 2015 #14

Oh hell no. 99Forever Mar 2015 #15

Terrible idea. nt cwydro Mar 2015 #16

Bad. They are already officious jumped-up strutting wannabe-cops, Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #25

Bad idea titaniumsalute Mar 2015 #27

Only if they have enough training in use and when to not use their guns. More than cops do at uppityperson Mar 2015 #35