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I hope not, as well. If being armed had been a requirement from the start, and PROPER training been given, and be an ongoing requirement, that's different. As it stands, if they were to arm TSA, all I can compare it to is giving Little Johnny a gallon of gas, a Bic and an ant pile.
TSA workers are not officers - they totally lack all training of such type. They are "inspectors" with almost no actual powers nor training, relying on REAL police to enforce laws.
That is as it should be.
(though some of us are surprised the two together can get away with unwarranted searches all the time - a TSA inspector finds something illegal (like drugs) and gets the police involved - indirectly allowing an unwarranted search by a police officer - something wrong with that, IMHO - TSA should be interested in keeping transportation safe, not about performing unwarranted searches for the police for simple nontransportation-safety law-breaking)
The TSA clerks at the airports (I refuse to call them officers), have administrative powers of search only. Their scope is limited to searching for weapons - that is all. In cases where they have found drugs, phoney passports etc. and called in the police, courts have thrown out the charges and the search and discovery went beyond the boundaries of authorisation.
I would trust a McDonald's cashier with a gun before I trust a TSA clerk.
We tried that. You know what happened on 9-11 2001?
Everything the hijackers brought on board was allowed under the rules of the day. Even if the TSA clerks were on duty, nothing would have changed.
Restricting certain from being on board (though the liquid ban and shoe carnival are stupid), reinforcing the cockpit doors and changing the rules to NEVER co-operate with hijackers have done more to keep the skies safe than the TSA ever will.
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