TSA and Firearms at Colorado Springs Airport

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Re: TSA and Firearms at Colorado Springs Airport

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SRichieR wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2020 12:27 pm And, it's difficult to x-ray and see it's internal contents.
No burning at the stake, but the above is not true.
The machines being used today can CLEARLY see if there is anything(other than a gas) in the cylinders. Photos of these scans have been shown to the highest authorities in the transportation department and there was a "so what" response.

Give the govt an inch and they'll literally take a mile. Logic and scientific reasoning have no effect.
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Re: TSA and Firearms at Colorado Springs Airport

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jhmartin wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2020 4:57 pm
SRichieR wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2020 12:27 pm And, it's difficult to x-ray and see it's internal contents.
No burning at the stake, but the above is not true.
The machines being used today can CLEARLY see if there is anything(other than a gas) in the cylinders. Photos of these scans have been shown to the highest authorities in the transportation department and there was a "so what" response.

Give the govt an inch and they'll literally take a mile. Logic and scientific reasoning have no effect.
Maybe there lies the matter, A gas could be ANY gas, even one that could be used for a makeshift explosive device.

Maybe the X-rays can't tell the difference between inert nitrogen, common air and another harmful gas, and the manometer could have been manipulated to show zero pressure.

In spite it bothers me, I can understand that people who aren't specialized could be specially cautious on the matter.
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Re: TSA and Firearms at Colorado Springs Airport

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That's IT!!!!
No hollow items should be allowed on any civilian passenger aircraft!
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Re: TSA and Firearms at Colorado Springs Airport

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Even pure compressed oxygen gas could be a problem in a small space.
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