Posted on 06/29/2018 4:12:46 AM PDT by marktwain
During the week of 28 May to June 3rd, 2018, the TSA discovered 97 pistols in carry-ons at airports where security is controlled by the TSA. The collage of pistols shown above is a sample of those found.
TSA gives a list of the pistols found. The list shows the make, model and caliber of most of the pistols. There were 93 pistols where the caliber was identified.
9 mm pistols were still the most common, with 36 represented. .380 pistols, known in Europe as 9X17, 9 mm Kurtz, or 9 mm Corto, were the next represented, with 24 present. That is 70 pistols, or 75% of the pistols found. There were a smattering of other calibers. There were 8 .40 caliber pistols, 7 .22 LR rimfire, 6 .45 caliber, 5 .32 caliber, 4 .38 caliber, 1 .410, and 1 .22 magnum.
Most of the pistols were semi-autos, there were a few revolvers, and three derringers.
My vote for the most unusual goes to the Taurus Judge discovered at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL). The Judge has been a tremendous success. It shoots both .410 shotshells and .45 Colt cartridges interchangeably. With about two million people with concealed carry permits in Florida, it is not unusual that an occasion traveler makes a mistake, and walks into the security screening with a forgotten pistol.
How does this happen? It is the principle of rare occurrences. While an event may be extremely rare for each individual, if enough individuals are involved, the occurrence of rare events becomes a statistical certainty.
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But they never miss my can of shaving cream or my deodorant over 3.5 ounces.
An el cheapo .22 revolver loaded with shot shells works as well, probably costs a great deal less, and has less recoil.
I would expect the Judge to kick like a mule (caveat...I have never handled/shot one).
Why were “TSA pistols” in luggages?
Perhaps “TSA: Pistols”
would have been better.
Strip the gun into two parts and mail it home in two separate packages. Once you break it down it is no longer a firearm, it’s parts and not illegal to mail in the regular postal service.
You only need a dealer if the gun is functional. A frame without a cylinder, or a receiver without a barrel is parts. A pistol without a magazine IS still a gun, it is just considered unloaded. You could place a single round in the chamber and fire it.
We were arguably safer in 1965 when anyone could carry a firearm on a plane.
Ppl who make mistakes like this should be heavily scrutinized for owning guns. Idiots. Flame on!
Once you break it down it is no longer a firearm, it’s parts and not illegal to mail in the regular postal service.
It would be an excellent reform in the law, if functionality was required. But I do not believe it is.
Ppl who make mistakes like this should be heavily scrutinized for owning guns. Idiots. Flame on!
Everyone makes mistakes. No one is perfect. Some people think they are perfect, but it usually catches up with them over time.
I make mistakes all the time.
The only people who do not make mistakes are those that do nothing. That is the biggest mistake of all.
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