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Full Frontal Nudity Doesn’t Make Us Safer: Abolish the TSA
Bipartisan support should be immediate. For fiscal conservatives, it’s hard to come up with a more wasteful agency than the TSA. For privacy advocates, eliminating an organization that requires you to choose between a nude body scan or genital groping in order to board a plane should be a no-brainer. (blogs.forbes.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I meant to say "without" the reliance of a hand gun. Very significant typo. Sorry
Police officers should also be able to obtain a "certification" to carry concealed on aircraft. Police officers are generally very used to carrying weapons among many people in many situations and doing so with the reliance of the hand gun. No "panic" is not part of the equation. The officers are typically used to carrying while off duty and it is common to carry while on travel. But when it comes to air transportation they have to put away their guns just when the public can really benefit from what is essentially free protection. "Where are the cops when you need them" comes to mind. With a little extra taining we can let cops be cops.
I do think the common metal detectors and x-ray screening are ok. They certainly prevent the knuckleheads from trying the system. However, I think if you get caught and convicted of trying the penalty should be severe to the point of unfair; lets just say.
I do think the common metal detectors and x-ray screening are ok. They certainly prevent the knuckleheads from trying the system. However, I think if you get caught and convicted of trying the penalty should be severe to the point of unfair; lets just say.
My solution would to be put the Air-marshals back on every flight and shut down the massive bureaucracy that is building up in TSA. The cost savings to the tax-payers will provide ample funding for the Air-marshals (probably at a lower cost) and provide a more hassle free environment for air travelers. (except those that need to be hassled by the air-marshal(s). Keep the metal detectors and bag scanners in a law enforcement local police officers environment (not contractors). Make it a duty rotation so they stay sharp and don't get bored doing this every day. (police officers go through much more thorough training and can handle situations that a contractor will not and the police officers will be U.S. Citizens ... not green card employees)
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That's what I think every time I see the line going through security lines. If we truly want secure flights, we need look no further than the Israelis, and do what they do. One glaring omission from their perspective is "security theatre" that we have here in the 'land of the free'. Thanks Amerika
Chuck
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That's what I think every time I see the line going through security lines. If we truly want secure flights, we need look no further than the Israelis, and do what they do. One glaring omission from their perspective is "security theatre" that we have here in the 'land of the free'. Thanks Amerika
Chuck
The sad upside of this whole process is the 1,000's of TSA Mall Cop wannabe's will be glowing a nuclear Soilent Green in a few years from constant exposure to all of those "safe" nukes! Yep, like most things Government, "we thought it was safe, guess we was wrong!" At least they won't have junk to be grabbed when they get to go through...it will have fallen off.
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
Seems pretty clear to me... this IS our way of life and those that wish to harm the US on a large scale have succeeded - by way of the TSA, not in spite of it.