tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17863667.post8036013922828581243..comments2023-08-24T03:36:46.547-07:00Comments on A Moment Captured..: November 24 - TSA Opt Out DayErickahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02624706433945857931noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17863667.post-81848936336711718712010-11-18T16:32:43.920-08:002010-11-18T16:32:43.920-08:00I'd prefer to be armed to the teeth on a plane...I'd prefer to be armed to the teeth on a plane as well. I'd prefer my fellow passengers to be armed to the teeth. It would be the safest flight on earth. <br />The Founding Fathers understood the power of an armed citizenry to check both lawlessness and tyranny which is why they made the second most important right...the second.<br />But the issue here is the bureaucratization of security which makes it ineffective and stupid. A la police officer being allowed on an aircraft with a loaded 9mm but relieved of his nail clippers. <br />Security depends on a free populace displaying common sense (Paine). Bad guys fit patterns, we must be intelligent enough to recognize them as opposed to frisking three year olds. But then we circle back to your point of thoughtful nation leveraging freedom in their intellectual process.<br /><br />TSA ain't gonna let that one through.The Caustic Bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02018616641098403133noreply@blogger.com