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2A TOUCHDOWN: COULD NFL PLAYER USE 2ND AMENDMENT TO DESTROY MASSACHUSETTS GUN LAWS AND MORE? [W atch]

I don’t have a lot of sympathy for anyone so cavalier about the practice that they forget they have a gun, but the only malicious, predatory intent meriting resistance I see here is coming from the tyrants.

I do think it’s funny to see the NFL trying to tiptoe the line between its anti-gun virtue signaling and being afraid to agitate the “institutional racism” fanatics.

[Via Jess]

You Had Me at ‘SS’

According to the TSA, any passenger with the four-letter code on their boarding pass can be swabbed for the residue of illegal substances, such as drugs or explosives. Those passengers will also face additional questioning about travel plans and previous trips. The special security measures that come with an SSSS code can add an additional hour to the security check process. [More]

Tell me THAT’s not a loophole “we” should close!

I wonder if Mad Maxie will be our inquisitor…

[Via Sweet Babboo]

Speaking of Making Us All Look Bad

Madison Cawthorn pleads guilty after bringing loaded handgun to Charlotte airport [More]

F***in’ moron. And twice now. No excuse for this.

Who does he think he is? Shemane Nugent?

[Via Mack H]

J’Accuse…!

If this is the case, how does TSA not only label someone a terrorist but also have someone within the TSA, without any research or follow-up, manipulate a national security database and enter false information that Bill’s wife had broken into the Capitol? [More]

And then consider all the totalitarian Democrats screaming “terror loophole” demanding imposed gun prohibitions.

[Via CP]

In the Bag… Uh, Not Again…

ABF Commander Justin Bathurst said the arrest spoke to the diligence of the force’s officers and sophistication of the country’s detection technology. [More]

Either that or of the utter incompetence of TSA at LAX…

Here’s hoping they ID the “U.S. woman” before scrubbing her social media. I always like to see if they leave political affiliation clues…

Flight into Oblivion

Officials say the man from Newark, Delaware told officers he forgot that he had his loaded gun on him. [More]

Being that witless comes awful damn close to needing a custodian.

[Via Steve T]

Recoil Spring Chicken

TSA agents find gun inside raw chicken at Florida airport [More]

Here’s the part I can’t believe:

It is unclear if the gun was loaded or if the gun’s owner is facing criminal charges.

Maybe the traveler forgot it was there?

[Via Steve T]

If at First You Don’t Succeed…

The same firearm was found during multiple security screenings at a Nashville International Airport checkpoint Monday. [More]

And third time’s the charm?

How did he not get hauled out of there in cuffs? And is it wrong to suspect if we knew who he was we’d understand?

[Via Jess]

Tales of the Bizarro World

TSA: Illegals Can Use Civil Immigration Arrest Warrants as an ID to Get on Planes [More]

Hey, if it’s “government-issued ID,” why can’t they use them to vote?

Good thing this has nothing to do with that “single issue”. And I have that on good authority…

[Via Michael G]

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