Do people working for the TSA have any common sense?

[Ronin13]

I would rather lose my home, go hungry and beg for money on a street corner with a sign than work for TSA.

Anyone who works for TSA has no self-esteem whatsoever. TSA employees have no redeeming qualities. Zero. TSA is absolutely worthless as a government agency. They have done nothing...nothing...to make travel safer. Their sole purpose in life is making travel miserable for honest Americans.

I can't stand the TSA and I'd rather take my chances with Muslim terrorists than deal with any of those asshats.

My son recently left for Afghanistan out of the CO Springs airport. Yeah...the same airport that shares runways with Peterson AFB. The same airport as most of the Carson guys leave from. So I feel pretty safe in assuming lots of military guys with issued weapons go through that airport on a weekly basis.

As the guys in Kyle's unit were checking their rifle/gun cases, containing an assortment of guns including M4 rifles, M9 pistols and a few others, the TSA agent apparently in charge made a big fuss out of making sure everyone knew the rifle cases had to be x-rayed for weapons. This was after she watched the member's of my son's unit open their individual cases and check the serial numbers of the guns to make sure everything was accounted for. WTF???

They're gun cases you f**king moron. You watched the guys open them and check their guns. What do you think the x-rays are gonna reveal?

So, the answer to the original question is a resounding, "Not only NO...but f**k no!"

Small problem with the whole large groups of uniformed military carrying lots of guns... Ammo isn't issued until they arrive in country, but SHHHH! The terrorists don't know that!
TSA is about as useful as an ice maker in Antarctica. I even know of a cop, while in civvies but with badge and ID ready to display to security, was still hassled by TSA on his way to a conference for carrying his pistol. He's a friggin' cop! TSA=Retard with authority.

[Bailey Guns]

Small problem with the whole large groups of uniformed military carrying lots of guns...

Large problem with TSA being a bunch of f**king morons.

[Ronin13]

Large problem with TSA being a bunch of f**king morons.

Even bigger problem with putting TSA in charge of "making our flights 'safer'".

[Irving]

If it wasn't a felony to spit on a TSA employee, I'd board the plane with a sever case of cotton mouth every time I flew.

[funkymonkey1111]

hey, the pedophiles, scatologists and elder abusers have to work somewhere! its only fitting that its a government agency whose sole purpose is to harass American citizens under the guise of "your safety."

[Delfuego]

In Chicago I had the pleasure of seeing a TSA screener with 1 eye (that's correct 1 eye!)

You can have 1 leg and 1 arm and do this job; but 1 freakin' eye! wtf?

[TFOGGER]

Small problem with the whole large groups of uniformed military carrying lots of guns... Ammo isn't issued until they arrive in country, but SHHHH! The terrorists don't know that!
TSA is about as useful as an ice maker in Antarctica. I even know of a cop, while in civvies but with badge and ID ready to display to security, was still hassled by TSA on his way to a conference for carrying his pistol. He's a friggin' cop! TSA=Retard with authority.

My step kid is a deputy sheriff that often does out of state extraditions. TSA has hassled him WHILE he and another deputy were transporting a prisoner, with all the appropriate paperwork...

This is what happens when the disconnected assholes that we elected respond to a perceived crisis with the attitude of "THERE IS NO TIME FOR RATIONAL THOUGHT!!!!!! WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING!!!!". They addressed the shortcomings of the previous privatized security by creating a huge bureaucracy composed of the people that failed the hiring requirements of the previous private contractor. Has anyone else noticed that most of the visible TSA employees at the airport appear to be helping to balance the airports EEOC stats?

[Ah Pook]

I just got back from TN. Standing in the "security" line (for the second time) this morning, there was a TSA agent randomly wanding backpack handles. As usual, the old and people with kids were in the extra security lines.

Where is the money going? The TSA is well funded and gets what they want with very little push back. Who's making the money?