Uh nope. They will pop a cap in your ass in a heartbeat. 

So it’s OK to discriminate against someone because they haven’t been discriminated against enough? Is that what you’re saying?

Ah, no worries. Didn’t really take it as mean-spirited. I can take a joke..LOL

Yeah, I really don’t think they are looking for pot unless it is a lot. I don’t believe personal use quantities are really the focus.

There are all sorts of answers here. First, if the person didn’t realize it was in the bag in the first place I don’t think you have to worry at all because they don’t even know they have a gun.

I’ve considered something like that. Shouldn’t be an issue for the battery part, the oil might be problematic if they start asking questions. LOL

changing over to miserable, cold rain

Edibles, they’ll never know the difference.

I suppose it’s possible, if you had the right set of objects and they positioned themselves perfectly and the bag was jostled just right and a million other things happened in a specific way. I’d like to see a pair of pants or a shirt or even a bra or underwear, actually pull the trigger of any firearm.

Not necessarily. My revolver works just fine without having a round lined up with the barrel.

Well to be fair, it’s not really the number of guns per passenger, it’s whether there is an unauthorized firearm on the flight you’re on. Based on a quick Google search there are about 87,000 flights per day in the US. 11 guns spread across 87,000 flights comes out to about .0125% per day. A bit higher than your…

4200 guns out of the what, 200-400 million? That’s like .1-.2% of all the guns out there. People trying to bring guns on a plane is a problem, though I don’t think it’s fair to punish all gun owners because of a few idiots.

10 years ago, sure. This is about a once every 10-15 year sort of thing. It’s not common at all.

Well you’re right in a sense. But as others pointed out, we don’t have the equipment to clear all roads effectively. Add a previous snowfall that wasn’t quite melted away and now you’ve got a bit more snow than Seattle is capable of handling. Is it mid-west blizzard bad? No, but for us it is a lot of snow all at once.…

Why is a round in the chamber “shocking”? That’s the way some firearms are designed to be carried. I’m being very specific here, round in the chamber is not shocking.

Yes that is shocking, but calling out the “bullet in the chamber” only shows the lack of firearms knowledge the author has. Loaded is one thing, round in the chamber only matters for certain, and usually older, firearms. 

There’s no doubt that someone isn’t doing their job. I wonder who got fired? Probably no one.

Wasn’t trying to justify anything. Just wondering. And, yes if you have kids that’s a dumb place to put them. But not everyone has kids.

First, let me say that I’m not saying there isn’t an issue. However, I can only go by data that I can access. I get your points, I would like to see some data on that and not just someone’s opinion, no offense.

But that is also a bit misleading. Your assumption when using per capita numbers is that all people are equally likely to be in a position to get shot by a cop. While it’s statistically feasible, it’s not really likely.