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Are you saying metal detectors don’t work? Why is it that absolutely every airport in the world has similar security - as well as Brightline in Florida and the

Are you saying metal detectors don’t work? Why is it that absolutely every airport in the world has similar security - as well as Brightline in Florida and the Chunnel between London and France? As far as people not wanting to bring guns on planes - did you forget what country this is? 2nd Amendment people get their panties in a knot anytime they can’t bring a gun anywhere.

Filligree 1y ago
> Are you saying metal detectors don’t work? Every time they've tested it, the testers were able to get 70-80% of their weapons past the TSA; which, yes, includes guns. I don't know precisely how they achieved that, but they certainly did.
- raw_anon_1111 1y ago
  Citation? The best I could find that you could sneak explosives through if you were sophisticated enough but nothing about sneaking guns through.
  - idiotsecant 1y ago
    https://abcnews.go.com/US/tsa-fails-tests-latest-undercover-operation-us-airports/story?id=51022188 https://abcnews.go.com/US/tsa-fails-tests-latest-undercover-... DHS routinely tests TSA and they always fail spectacularly. This was just the first one on Google. You can easily find many more, this is widely reported on.
    - JustExAWS 1y ago
      You realized there has been a complete overhaul in equipment since 2017? In your citation: In the public hearing today on Capitol Hill, members pushed for the full implementation of a program using new scanning equipment that creates a 3-D image of bags, giving screeners better ability to spot possibly dangerous items Those new scanners are in 255 of the nations 432 airports https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/07/19/new-airport-scanners-are-better-at-spotting-liquid-explosives-but-many-airports-lack-them https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/07/19/new-airport-scanner...
      - p_l 1y ago
        Yes, and it's not the scanners that fail. Scanner upgrades are mostly effective against weapon smuggling, not carrying on board by determined team.

Filligree 1y ago

> Are you saying metal detectors don’t work? Every time they've tested it, the testers were able to get 70-80% of their weapons past the TSA; which, yes, includes guns. I don't know precisely how they achieved that, but they certainly did.

raw_anon_1111 1y ago
Citation? The best I could find that you could sneak explosives through if you were sophisticated enough but nothing about sneaking guns through.
- idiotsecant 1y ago
  https://abcnews.go.com/US/tsa-fails-tests-latest-undercover-operation-us-airports/story?id=51022188 https://abcnews.go.com/US/tsa-fails-tests-latest-undercover-... DHS routinely tests TSA and they always fail spectacularly. This was just the first one on Google. You can easily find many more, this is widely reported on.
  - JustExAWS 1y ago
    You realized there has been a complete overhaul in equipment since 2017? In your citation: In the public hearing today on Capitol Hill, members pushed for the full implementation of a program using new scanning equipment that creates a 3-D image of bags, giving screeners better ability to spot possibly dangerous items Those new scanners are in 255 of the nations 432 airports https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/07/19/new-airport-scanners-are-better-at-spotting-liquid-explosives-but-many-airports-lack-them https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/07/19/new-airport-scanner...
    - p_l 1y ago
      Yes, and it's not the scanners that fail. Scanner upgrades are mostly effective against weapon smuggling, not carrying on board by determined team.