We’re #1! And #3, and #7 -10! Yea Texas!
The Transportation Security Administration released the top ten airports where gun are confiscated from carry-on luggage.
Texas wins.
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport: 153
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport: 144
Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport: 100
Denver International Airport: 90
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport: 73
Nashville International Airport: 59
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport: 59
Dallas Love Field Airport: 57
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport: 54
William P. Hobby Airport (Houston): 52
Good news: that’s a whole lot of guns off the street.
Thanks to Mel for the heads up.
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1Is there any data on political affiliation of all these gun carriers? I’d be willing to bet it would be grossly lop-sided for one certain party that preaches “personal responsibility”.
2Word on the street is that there’s a wildlife refuge in Oregon that could use a little sweeping.
3How much intelligence does it take to know that guns are not allowed in airplane carry-ons? Or there’s the other dumb-ass excuse, “I forgot it was in there.” Fool, if you own a deadly weapon, you need to be aware of its location at all times.
4@pkm
5By “sweeping” do you mean moving the M134 slowly back and forth from the fairly stationary UH-1Z?
They should be allowed to carry their gun laden luggage onto the airplane and then get arrested and sent to Guantanomo as domestic terrorists-never to be seen or heard of/from again. Buh-Bye!
6Micr, or something nice in some 30 mike mike. But I believe in playing fair. Roadblocks with signs posted: “you have 30 seconds to exits your vehicle, lay face down on the ground with your hands behind your back. On second #31, be prepared for 3 warning shots in the head.”
These Bundy brat welfare boys are hiding behind women and children. Again. So, in the interest of fair play, I can be patient. Pick them off one by one, while interdicting their snack runs.
7Of the people who had their guns confiscated, how many made it to their final destination without the ability to protect themselves, or stop a bad guy with a gun?
My money is on “all of them.”
8Sigh. TexAss. Again.
9Now, see, this is where it gets crazy.
10Pleased to see that, despite my home state of CA having the largest population, none of our airports even made the top-10 list. But if we had, it would have been a credit to dudes like Ca state assemblyman Tim Donnelly, R (you guessed that right away, didn’t you?) Tried to carry a loaded gun onto airplane. No concealed weapons permit, either. Three years probation, no guns. More on this guy: a leader in the Minuteman movement in CA, anti-vaccine, ran for gov of CA on a platform including no sharia law, claimed there was a “Hispanic insurgency.” He came in 3rd in CA’s jungle primary for gov, with 15% of the vote, which just goes to show. Could we maybe ship him to somewhere in TX where he’d barely be noticed?
11Am I counting correctly? Is that one Blue airport and nine Red? Seems like there’s a trend goin’ on here.
12Honey, do you know where I left my gun?
Dallas-Fort Worth Airport was identified as one of the airports where the largest amount of firearms where confiscated from carryon baggage by TSA in 2015.http://theweek.com/5things/600671/tsa-found-record-number-guns-carryons-2015. These guns are often found to be loaded at the time they are confiscated.
The NRA has recently warned its members that President Obama and Hillary want to “confiscate your guns”. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/266454-nra-obama-clinton-want-australian-style-gun-confiscation. Maybe the NRA should be worried about the TSA.
Perhaps the President can encourage the TSA to discontinue it’s public service campaign warning gun owners to inspect their carryon baggage before they arrive at the airport. Hey, you can’t blame Obama if you forget to remove your gun from your carry-on and its confiscated.
Remember, these are owners that carry a gun everywhere, ready to stop the bad guy. Typically, as responsible gun owners, they insist that they forgot they had left their gun in their carryon.
How are they going to remember where they left their gun when they need to stop the bad guy with a gun?
Maybe TSA can initiate a curtesy gun check prior to entering the terminal. Just like Wyatt Earp and Pat Garrett (how could gun owners object, these law men are their heroes) made gun owners do before entering town. In all probability some of these owners will forget where they left their gun, hey, you can’t blame Obama if you forgot where you left your gun, can you?
13Yeah, I was surprised to see Seattle on the list.
And Colorado is purple.
14The bad thing is, people who can afford to fly can easily afford a replacement…esp. at gun shows and private sales where there’s no background check.
15We are trying to catch up here in New Mexico, but the best we can do was an assistant district attorney tried to bring a gun through security at the district court. Quote: “I forgot.”
16I forgot. Is this a characteristic of the onset of dementia? Is there a doctor in the house?
17As for DC, the list didn’t contain Dulles, National nor BWI.
18YAY? Georgia come in second. And allow me to take this time to offer a blanket apology from the entire state of Georgia for Erick Erickson. (Or, as I prefer to call him, Irky Irksome.)
19From the brilliant Steve Martin:
You can be a millionaire…and never pay taxes! You can be a millionaire, and never pay taxes!” You say, “Steve, how can I be a millionaire, and never pay taxes?” First, get a million dollars.
Now, you say, “Steve what do I say to the tax man when he comes to my door and says, ‘You have never paid taxes’? Two simple words. Two simple words in the English language: “I forgot!”
How many times do we let ourselves get into terrible situations because we don’t say “I forgot”? Let’s say you’re on trial for armed robbery. You say to the judge, “I forgot armed robbery was illegal.” Let’s suppose he says back to you, “You have committed a foul crime. You have stolen hundreds and thousands of dollars from people at random, and you say, ‘I forgot’?” Two simple words: “Excuuuuuse me!!”
20And the TSA Numb Nut Award goes to…
21@PKM
RE: “3 warning shots in the head.”
In 1975 or so, I was privileged to train with 1911 handguns under Col Cooper at Gunsite Az, where I was introduced to the 3-shot response, similar to what you mention. 2 quick rounds to center of mass, assess, 1 aimed round to the head. I’ve read this called Mozambique in the succeeding years, but I don’t know why.
22Great news! Now, all we have to do is convince all the gun nuts in the country to fly while practicing their God-Given-Right-to-Open-Carry-Every-Gun-They-Own.
Problem solved.
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