How Can You Forget You Put a Gun in Your Carry-on Luggage?
@DeborahDiane (40283)
Laguna Woods, California
August 16, 2016 10:29pm CST
The other evening, our local news did a story on the number of guns that TSA continues to find in carry-on luggage at U.S. airports. They said that most of the people, when confronted, claim that they "forgot" the gun was there.
Really?
Does the TSA actually fall for that line?
In 2015, the TSA found 2,442 guns in carry-on luggage in U.S. airports.
Over the week of August 5 - 11, 2016, according to the TSA blog, they discovered a record 78 firearms in carry-on bags and 68 of them were loaded. Twenty-one of them had rounds in the chamber!
You can go to "blog. tsa. gov" to see photos of the actual guns that were confiscated in the past week. They also found some replica grenades. Even though they weren't real, they did create problems at the airports where they were found.
In addition, they found a sword, as well as a knife inside a pill bottle.
These idiots need to know they can be arrested and fined up to $11,000 for trying to smuggle these items onto a plane. I think that is fair. After all, there is absolutely no way I can believe that dozens of people a week "forget" they have packed these items ... and put a round in the chamber!
Do they all have dementia?? 
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13 responses
@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
17 Aug 16
There is no way they forgot, in my opinion. They are trying to get away with something and I hope they all get caught. The fine is fair, but should be accompanied with jail time and a ban on flying for a year or more.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
17 Aug 16
@DeborahDiane I would question their continuing right to be armed.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Aug 16
@DeborahDiane That is for certain.
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@DeborahDiane (40283)
• Laguna Woods, California
20 Aug 16
@ElizabethWallace - Ha Ha! Well said! If they do something that demented, they are probably mentally ill!
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
17 Aug 16
No, but if the TSA does not fine then, then they do. By the way, I was sent straight through each security check on my trip yet again. I really must look harmless to people.
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@DeborahDiane (40283)
• Laguna Woods, California
17 Aug 16
@ElizabethWallace - I have to agree with TSA ... you do look harmless! LOL
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
17 Aug 16
@DeborahDiane But if they only knew. 
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@JESSY3236 (19892)
• United States
18 Aug 16
I don't see how they would forget. But the fake ones I can see that especially if you go to a gift store while on a trip.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
25 Aug 16
Very bad idea though, those can get you shot.
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@DeborahDiane (40283)
• Laguna Woods, California
26 Aug 16
@JamesHxstatic - You are right that we should be careful about anything we pack ... including toys.
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@rina110383 (24492)
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17 Aug 16
What a stupid alibi! They could have concocted a better one.
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@DeborahDiane (40283)
• Laguna Woods, California
17 Aug 16
@rina110383 - I think these people were intentionally trying to bring along a weapon and they got caught. Every one of them should be severely fined.
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@DeborahDiane (40283)
• Laguna Woods, California
17 Aug 16
I'm glad I'm not the only one who is skeptical that they forgot!
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
17 Aug 16
That is astounding I mean the figures...I mean really, what kind of tripe is that? No way could they forget.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
17 Aug 16
@DeborahDiane Indeed my friend.
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@DeborahDiane (40283)
• Laguna Woods, California
17 Aug 16
They can be imprisoned, although most of them are not because the TSA believes that it is usually done accidentally. Seems hard for me to believe.
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
18 Aug 16
@DeborahDiane I agree, I can understand that someone can forget an object, but a weapon sounds incredible. It is true that some people claimed that they "forgot" their children in the car, I have never understood how this is possible.
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@DeborahDiane (40283)
• Laguna Woods, California
17 Aug 16
@LadyDuck - I completely agree with you answer. People who do this must be stupid if they don't have dementia. People who are that negligent are too irresponsible to have loaded weapons, because they might also leave them where children or the mentally ill could get to them.
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@DeborahDiane (40283)
• Laguna Woods, California
20 Aug 16
@LadyDuck - I'm shocked that so many children have been left in cars. It seems to happen every week here in the US and the results are so tragic.
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@shshiju (10342)
• Cochin, India
24 Aug 16
@DeborahDiane Yes . No body can enter. because they will scan their hand carry and luggage before enter.
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@DeborahDiane (40283)
• Laguna Woods, California
20 Aug 16
@just4him - It does seem as if there are a lot of people in the world who do not deserve to be trusted. However, I feel that the majority of people are trustworthy most of the time.
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@just4him (317002)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
22 Aug 16
@DeborahDiane I like to think so.
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