tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6333107.post6486082475617782772..comments2024-01-23T18:58:16.955-07:00Comments on The Militant Libertarian: ICE Still SUCKSAaron Turpenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07774655996138807357noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6333107.post-54712552535556723052009-07-11T12:25:07.274-06:002009-07-11T12:25:07.274-06:00Here are two scenarios, one pre and one post 9/11,...Here are two scenarios, one pre and one post 9/11, both of which are true events that actually happened.<br /><br />Pre-9/11, I was going through security to get on a flight to Reno from Salt Lake City. I had a Leatherman Wave tool on my belt. I'd forgotten about it, since I carried it everywhere. <br /><br />At the security check, it set off the metal detector. I took off my belt (and the Leatherman) and put them into a bucket to go through and stepped through the scan again.<br /><br />I came out clean and the security guard just asked "is that a multi-tool." I said "yes" and he handed it to me and I strapped it back on. <br /><br />That Leatherman Wave (which I still have) has 2 knives on it that are nearly 3" long (each). <br /><br />Post-9/11, I was getting on a flight from SLC to the LA area. I was carrying a very small concealed pistol (S&W Centennial 9mm). I carried the pistol so often and it was so small, that I would easily forget I had it. As I did this time.<br /><br />I went through security, oblivious to the pending felony in my waistband, and set off the metal detector. I immediately knew what it was (having emptied my pockets and consciously put aforementioned Leatherman into my checked luggage). <br /><br />Of course, there was no damn way I was going to pull out that pistol and say "woops." I'd be tackled, tased, and probably shot at.<br /><br />So I feigned ignorance and they waved me through to try again. I took off my shoes and double-checked my pockets and went through again.<br /><br />Set it off, of course. They then took me to the side and waved the wand around. It went off at my crotch area (gun clipped to front waistband). The screener looked at my belt, said "it's probably that buckle." And pointed me to my stuff at the x-ray booth.<br /><br />I put everything back on, waved to the screeners, and got on my plane. Gun still on me all the way to LA.<br /><br />On the flight back, of course, it was nowhere to be found. <br /><br />In both cases, I had walked through security with very obviously deadly weapons. <br /><br />That last incident happened shortly before I finally just said "no more flying." <br /><br />The last flight I took was a couple of years ago from Denver to SLC on a quick puddle-jump. It literally took longer to get through security than it did to fly from one point to another.<br /><br />Coming back from SLC to Wyoming, I rented a car. Screw the flying.Aaron Turpenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07774655996138807357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6333107.post-21545660556577830572009-07-11T11:36:04.860-06:002009-07-11T11:36:04.860-06:00I've always wondered what would happen if ther...I've always wondered what would happen if there were a piece of aluminum foil cut into a gun silhouette taped under the cover of a library book that went through the X-ray machines at the airport. Or, if every book in a library had that done to them....<br />Would they show up? Would they look like a geal gun under the X-ray? Would the screeners even notice?Kent McManigalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05005964583189815410noreply@blogger.com