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titaniumsalute

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27. Bad idea

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 09:48 PM

Mar 2015

There is ALWAYS a few Cops around each of the TSA areas. Not sure why they were not in a more ready position in NOLA, but let's leave the guns to the police. TSA agents don't always seem to be cooking with heat if you know what I mean.

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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