Gun Control Reform Activism

AndyS

(14,559 posts) Wed Dec 15, 2021, 01:08 PM Dec 2021

What kind of dipshit doesn't know you can't carry a gun on airlines?

DATA POINT

~5,700 — the number of guns the Transportation Security Administration recovered at airports this year. The agency says it’s an all-time record. [ABC News]

Answer: The average gunner.

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What kind of dipshit doesn't know you can't carry a gun on airlines? (Original Post) AndyS Dec 2021 OP

What ends up happening to those guns anyway? bearsfootball516 Dec 2021 #1

I suspect a lot of them are returned to the owner. Gunz is special. AndyS Dec 2021 #2

Every one of them Diamond_Dog Dec 2021 #3

People do not carry guns... sanatanadharma Dec 2021 #4

There should be a jail right there at the airport where you Miguelito Loveless Dec 2021 #5

I forgot to take my ball cap off once. twodogsbarking Dec 2021 #6

bearsfootball516

(6,510 posts)

1. What ends up happening to those guns anyway?

Reply to AndyS (Original post)

Wed Dec 15, 2021, 01:09 PM

Dec 2021

Are they just disposed of?

AndyS

(14,559 posts)

2. I suspect a lot of them are returned to the owner. Gunz is special.

Reply to bearsfootball516 (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 15, 2021, 01:15 PM

Dec 2021

The TSA turns over all confiscated weapons to local law enforcement, passengers found to be flouting the rules can be fined or face civil penalties.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/tsa-confiscated-record-number-guns-airports-2021/story

Diamond_Dog

(34,613 posts)

3. Every one of them

Reply to AndyS (Original post)

Wed Dec 15, 2021, 01:16 PM

Dec 2021

Thinks he or she will be the special one who gets away with it.

sanatanadharma

(4,074 posts)

4. People do not carry guns...

Reply to AndyS (Original post)

Wed Dec 15, 2021, 01:16 PM

Dec 2021

...guns carry people.

People do not own guns, people are owned by guns.

Insentient guns do not protect people, sentient people pass laws to protect guns.

Miguelito Loveless

(4,666 posts)

5. There should be a jail right there at the airport where you

Reply to AndyS (Original post)

Wed Dec 15, 2021, 01:35 PM

Dec 2021

get 5 years, and have to rely on table scraps from the food court to eat.

twodogsbarking

(12,228 posts)

6. I forgot to take my ball cap off once.

Reply to AndyS (Original post)

Wed Dec 15, 2021, 04:45 PM

Dec 2021

Won't do that again.

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