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> 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, inclu
by Filligree 11mo 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 11mo agoCitation? The best I could find that you could sneak explosives through if you were sophisticated enough but nothing about sneaking guns through.
- idiotsecant 11mo agohttps://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 11mo agoYou 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 10mo agoYes, and it's not the scanners that fail. Scanner upgrades are mostly effective against weapon smuggling, not carrying on board by determined team.