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I suspect weapon and gun aren't the same thing here. I've accidentallied a ton of knives through TSA checkpoints because they're small and don't show up well a
by edrxty 3y ago
I suspect weapon and gun aren't the same thing here. I've accidentallied a ton of knives through TSA checkpoints because they're small and don't show up well against a my giant ball of cables, adapters, and chargers. OTOH, guns tend to be extremely obvious on x ray machines. They, at a minimum, have a fairly heavy steel barrel and the ammunition is solid lead and/or copper which looks like an extremely dark pattern of dots on an X ray. The springs also tend to stick out very strongly as they have a regular pattern and show up well. I'm sure they missed them before, but generally speaking I doubt it's something an attacker can even begin to count on.
- Alupis 3y agoDisassembling a firearm and sticking it's parts inside other regular carry-on items would be sufficient to get past most TSA screenings. I was blown away with my first First-Class flying experience. You go through all this TSA security theater, and then they hand you a real metal steak knife and glass stemware shortly after take off. You don't even need to bring weapons, they give them to you. TSA stuff is all for show. It makes some people feel safer that they had to take off their belt or something...
- edrxty 3y agoYou'd still need ammunition and the individual parts still look pretty striking. With a modern polymer firearm you're just going to see the slide and barrel assembly anyway. Go look up some pictures of firearms in luggage, they're pretty obvious even if you just consider the individual parts.
- Alupis 3y agoA barrel inside a curling iron, the spring inside a hair dryer, the slide inside a laptop, the frame does have small metal bits but, depending on their scanning tech, probably wouldn't appear much like a gun. You probably don't even need bullets honestly, just the visual aid. You don't even need a gun though, a knife is plenty lethal on it's own and readily available inside the terminal and even on the plane.
- sneak 3y agoThe TSA is blind tested on firearms specifically. They miss lots of them, like 40-70% in various tests. Have you seen the kinds of people they put in that job? The whole thing is a farce.
- qingcharles 3y agoI accidentallied a big knife I had in my bumbag (fanny pack) onto an international flight. And then managed to leave it in the seatback pocket by mistake. I didn't ask for it back.