Flint Michigan Cop stabbed in possible terror attack

[TFOGGER]

There are ways to shut down the airport without ever setting foot inside, or doing anything overt. Not to give specifics, but think about the explosive scanners and where people have to walk.

[SuperiorDG]

Until you get to the security checkpoint there really isn't any security at an airport. I imagine I could drive up to DIA, park, go inside and wander around all I wanted with a weapon concealed on my person and nobody would know.

This is also legal with a CHP.

[Ronin13]

Every once in a while they have an officer with what I assume is a bomb-sniffing dog walking around beyond the TSA perimeter and sniffing people entering the checkpoint area, but probably should be a more regular/permanent thing....

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I've seen these guys there... once last year at DIA when we flew in April, and then again this year in January. They mill around the security line, but I didn't see them take the dogs through the actual line, just at the area outside the ropes and they walked between the check-in and screeners.

Airports are awful places, and I feel like there isn't a whole lot TSA can do with a violent/unruly party before PD arrives. I've been at DIA where I didn't see any police near the security lines... but then again, I've been there when there were several milling around between the security area and the escalators to the trains.

[Hummer]

Until you get to the security checkpoint there really isn't any security at an airport. I imagine I could drive up to DIA, park, go inside and wander around all I wanted with a weapon concealed on my person and nobody would know.

This is also legal with a CHP.

Yes, the first thing I do after getting my bags from the luggage carousel is to find a restroom stall, retrieve, load and holster my carry piece before leaving the airport.