Yes, even just getting the express scanners that alert for weapons would be a great move and reduce bottlenecks at the door. They don’t do any real checks at football games either which is just as confusing.
Well, it's based on my experience as a federal agent and more specifically, what I was taught at Quantico and what I learned while flying armed probably 30 or 40 times (maybe more). My point about Rutgers athletic events is also buttressed by my experience as yellow jacket security for two years at both Rutgers football and Rutgers basketball games (as well as other live events at the football stadium and at the RAC).
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You think it would be appropriate to wait for an event to occur before implementing/enforceing any deterrent measures? Oh boy...
I think it would be appropriate to enact deterrent measures if there was some real risk. Has anything ever happened at any sporting event in this country ever? Plenty of minor league stadiums and college stadiums/arenas don't have metal detectors.
I'm hoping with the ouster of the security chief 8 1/2 years ago and technology getting better in that time, that the 95 % number has gone significantlyWell, it's based on my experience as a federal agent and more specifically, what I was taught at Quantico and what I learned while flying armed probably 30 or 40 times (maybe more). My point about Rutgers athletic events is also buttressed by my experience as yellow jacket security for two years at both Rutgers football and Rutgers basketball games (as well as other live events at the football stadium and at the RAC).
The security is powerless to prevent any type of terrorism. In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, when airport security was being taken more seriously than at any other point in our country's history, the TSA was missing 70% of all contraband (drugs, guns, knives, explosives, large stacks of cash, etc) that was going through airport checkpoints based on testing and audits the Department of Homeland Security was performing.
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They miss 95% now.
TSA Chief Out After Agents Fail 95 Percent of Airport Breach Tests
A DHS investigation found security breaches that allowed undercover investigators to smuggle weapons through checkpoints at dozens of U.S. airports.
You make very valid points above. I think there is always a risk for soft targets and no that doesnt deter me from being present. I'm actually surprised heavily attended sporting events have not been targeted. But the bigger/more popular ones do have a heavier police presence and who knows what that may or may not have stopped. Waiting for "real risks" to occur sets up for possible failure if those risks are not detected or not detected quick enough. Who would have thought on 9/11, four planes would have been hijacked simultaneously and used as missiles against national targets? If today's security measure were implemented in 2001, we wouldnt have lost 3,000+ to those terrorist attacks.
Don’t know about anyone else but I like being alive. I wouldn’t mind walking thru a metal detector or waiting an extra 2 minutes if it meant preventing someone from bringing in a gun.
Me either
I feel the country has fallen asleep again and gotten a bit too complacent
Devils security is quick & efficient
Of course it's a possibility
Last year one guy actually opened my unzipped jacket and took a bottle of water out of the side pocket.
Exactly. Anything can happen anywhere if someone is motivated. Take a boardwalk in the summer for example or even a beach.
