“How many airport security guards and TSA personnel acting in the line of duty have been killed by a deliberate violent act in the last so many years?”
I don’t know. I do know that it’s not zero, because in 2005 an airport security cop was killed at LAX while investigating a “suspicious person.” His name was Tommy Edward Scott.
I don’t know how many were killed by the muzzie who opened fire on airport personnel a few years ago, which was played as a simple rage killing.
And I don’t know how many close calls there have been, or how many were injured, but not killed.
But you remind me of a move-on.org kind of person. Quick to harshly criticize our security forces, no matter how small the justification, if any.
And I also don’t know how many American lives have been saved, by virtue of these people who have kept our skies free of a hijacking since 2001.
Maybe we should just hand our security over to the likes of you? We might as well just send an engraved invitation to al-qaeda, bring your bombers on, just don’t forget the flashing lights!
No, my invitation is slightly different and worded to Iran and Syria - get your nutcases under control because the next time this stuff happens, Iran, you are next, and Damascus, we might lose a few bombs on our way over.
The best defense has inevitably been a strong offense based on mobility and firepower. I believe that is in large measure why terrorists are not attacking soft targets such as schools, trains and shopping malls. Their hosts, cousins and uncles won't like it when the Marines pay the return visit.