TSA: Gun Discoveries In Baggage Up 20% In 2015 Over 2014 (networkworld.com)

coondoggie writes: There was a 20% increase in firearm discoveries at TSA airport checkins from 2014's total of 2,212. It's an astounding number really, but the details get worse. The TSA goes onto say 2,653 firearms were discovered in carry-on bags at checkpoints across the country, averaging more than seven firearms per day. Of those, 2,198 (83%) were loaded. Firearms were intercepted at a total of 236 airports; 12 more airports than last year. Last year a TSA spokesman, when asked of the TSA has a theory on why so many more guns are being brought onboard airlines, Tweeted “The vast majority of passengers just tell law enforcement, ‘I forgot.’ We continue to remind passengers they can check them.”

Comments

Bullshit

[GrumpySteen]

Women are the majority of gun owners

http://www.gallup.com/poll/160...

Gun ownership among men: 45%
Gun ownership among women: 12%

Re:Women are the majority of gun owners

[dywolf]

Actually, the top 5 cities for violent crime are all cities lack gun control (4 of which are legally banned, by state law, from enacting gun control).
and cities like New York, with its strict gun control, is actually ranked one of the safest cities in the country.

Damn.
So much for your BS.

You've already accepted a roll-back

[gerald.edward.butler]

Based on your comments, like most people, you believe that in order for citizens to have a right, it must be granted by the constitution. In fact, it is just the opposite. The constitution grants rights and responsibilities to the government and any responsibility not explicitly granted to the government remains the right of the people. Many of the founders specifically objected to the Bill of Rights for this reason because it made it seem like if the constitution wasn't giving a right to the people, then they didn't have that right. You don't only have the rights in the bill of rights. You have ALL rights unless a specific limitation is put in place in the constitution granting the government dominion over a particular activity. Do not fall into the trap of saying that if it isn't in the Bill of RIghts, it's not a right.

Re:You've already accepted a roll-back

[Coren22]

Have you ever considered that you might be a bigot?

No, the religious right is not trying to force their religion on anyone. The Left has been trying to take away religious freedom, but that is a different thing.

Re:Women are the majority of gun owners

[rockout]

I can see that you extrapolated based on those three columns, but the graphic isn't exactly clear on how they're arriving at those numbers - they could be pulled from two totally different sets of data for all we know. In a clearer statement, "data collected by the FBI show that firearms were used in 68 percent of murders" in 2011.

http://www.nij.gov/topics/crim...

Re:Women are the majority of gun owners

[sumdumass]

That simply is not true. Oakland California and two cities in Michigan (Flint and Detroit )fill the top 3spots. In Michigan municipalities can create gun control laws as long as they do not conflict with state laws and you essentially need a permit for a hand gun as well as a permit for most private sales of firearms. In Oakland, they just passed two gun control laws and are working on a third after the terrorist incident in San Bernardino. California already has some of the strictest gun control laws on the books. In fact, they have been sued over them, lost, and refuse to change them until an appeal is exhausted.