I’m not objecting to the TSA, no matter how dense they may be, to arming themselves on their own time and own dime. My objection has to doing with arming them on the taxpayer dime. Even your lowly Barney Fife in a small town has to pass that test before he gets a firearm to go with his badge. The TSA should be no different.
My guess off the top of my head is it would cost another $100,000 in training per union TSA agent.