Weapons in luggage will now bring hefty fines

USA TODAY ^ | 2/19/04 | Laura Parker

[Mr. Mojo]

WASHINGTON

[Paul C. Jesup]

And thus we see that TSA isn't about protecting America from terrorists, but rather as yet another source of revenue for the government.

And here I thought it another way for the government to be sadistic towards the citizens of this country. And no I am NOT being sarcastic.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Ping

[Gritty]

The TSA is doing a great job of keeping dangerous weapons off airplanes.

Almost three years after 911, only a handful of pilots have been armed and trained, and myriads more simply don't want to subject themselves to the hassle.

It takes a lot of cunning skill and bureaucratic slow-rolling to accomplish that mighty feat - despite the express will of Congress, the Pilot Unions and the entire public. This TSA is really effective in keeping all weapons off airplanes!!

[glock rocks]

You can check weapons, you can't have them in carry-on. the title is misleading.

You can't have ammo in the same bag as your handgun. check with the air carrier by phone. That's how I understand things, though I don't fly anymore. Screw em.

[Mulder]

What exactly is their authority for stealing people's money like this?

[supercat]

When Mojdeh Rohani flew home to Boston after her wedding last fall, security screeners at Baltimore-Washington International Airport found a silver-plated cake serving set in her carry-on bag

The government's attitude toward anything that even remotely resembles a knife is insane, especially considering that knives that can evade metal detectors--including ones much nastier than cake knives--are stone-age technology.

[El Gato]

Not sure if that has changed. I will be flying shortly

It hasn't. I put my nephew on a plane right before Christmas, with two rifles in one of his two pieces of checked luggage. All but the bolts, which were in his carry on luggage. The TSA people had no problem with either.

[El Gato]

Fines based on "attitude" - oughta be a field day for an enterprising lawyer. Equal justice under the law and all that.

Why? Judges fine or throw people in jail for contempt all the time, they even fine he lawyers at times. they'll not have any problem with fining people for disrepsecting "The LAw".

[El Gato]

I can't put it in my luggage

Why not, as long as it's checked luggage and you declare the firearms, neither TSA nor the airline people should have any problem with that.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Since when did the entire airport become a court?

[HiTech RedNeck]

She asked for a hearing in Los Angeles; when it was scheduled for Baltimore she chose not to pursue it.

If there is an office in Los Angeles, then this sounds like a gross violation of due process.

[Travis McGee]

But if you're a Federal Poultry Inspector, you can carry your Glock on board, no problemo.

It's all about control, masters and serfs.

[savedbygrace]

There's are significant differences. First, the fine for Contempt is a fine for contempt, not for something else but assessed because of contempt. Second, Contempt is being fined by a judge and usually only after a warning, not a jerk with a gold badge and a hair trigger on his/her emotions. Third, this fine is assessed for the weapons-carrying, but isn't assessed equally for all who carry, only for those who "dis" the gold-badged guard.

It is therefore a violation of the Equal Protection clause. Clear and simple, oughta be a slam dunk.