TSA@LaGuardia saves passengers from injection-molded Airsoft triggers,...

[DispositionMatrix]

...claims they are "3-D printed gun triggers."
Thread by @TSA_Northeast on Thread Reader App

The @TSA team at @LGAairport caught these two 3-D printed gun triggers inside a traveler's carry-on bag this morning. So yes, even 3-D printed weapons (or gun parts) can be detected by the security checkpoint technology. They would be okay to have been packed in a checked bag.

 

[not new guy]

Is the mask cut/paste onto her picture?

 

[Quantavious G]

Farbstein runs a good, tight ship. I feel safer now. Maybe we need TSA screening illegals rather than DHS. DHS and BPS allow fully functional weapons to cross the boarder.

 

[Drix]

...claims they are "3-D printed gun triggers."
Thread by @TSA_Northeast on Thread Reader App

Left looks original, right actually looks like a mold and not a print.

Very confused by this though, what exactly was the problem?

 

[AHM]

The @TSA team at @LGAairport caught these two 3-D printed gun triggers inside a traveler's carry-on bag this morning. ...

Did the triggers sneak into the bag between curbside and security,
or earlier - while the traveler was stopped at Dunkin's?

 

[Boghog1]

What danger does a plastic trigger shaped object pose?

 

[ReluctantDecoy]

What danger does a plastic trigger shaped object pose?

TSA is 99% BS in their decision making. They've stopped me before for a fishing hook I forgot on my hat, but did not mention anything about the retractable razor in my carry on.

They do have a strict "no parts" policy from what I understand. I think they're imagining some ridiculous movie plot where dozens of passengers each bring in one part of a gun and it gets assembled in the air.

 

[AHM]

What danger does a plastic trigger shaped object pose?

Spoiler: You have to use your imagination

TSA is 99% BS in their decision making. ... They do have a strict "no parts" policy from what I understand. I think they're imagining some ridiculous movie plot where dozens of passengers each bring in one part of a gun and it gets assembled in the air.

Hence the term "Airsoft"...

 

[allen-1]

Her twitter feed is f***ing hilarious. Even though she doesn't intend it to be so.

 

[not new guy]

Wait - is it a spoof/satire account?

 

[allen-1]

Wait - is it a spoof/satire account?

Nope.

She doesn't mean to be funny.

 

[Davidk]

TSA is 99% BS in their decision making. They've stopped me before for a fishing hook I forgot on my hat, but did not mention anything about the retractable razor in my carry on.

They do have a strict "no parts" policy from what I understand. I think they're imagining some ridiculous movie plot where dozens of passengers each bring in one part of a gun and it gets assembled in the air.

TSA told me that even though one part is meaningless, if enough people took one part a gun could be assembled

 

[Boghog1]

TSA told me that even though one part is meaningless, if enough people took one part gun could be assembled

I need to travel with a detent pin

 

[Drix]

TSA told me that even though one part is meaningless, if enough people took one part gun could be assembled

Listen, if you're democratically hijacking an airplane that's on the government.

 

[Evadd]

Remove TSA from all airports. Let people carry on planes. Relocate all TSA personnel to guard the borders.

I feel better now.

 

[rali]

I must be confused about how a gun works because it seems to me that if TSA simply prevented, oh, I dunno, the BARREL from getting through then maybe it doesn’t matter a monkey’s flea’s scrotum how many other parts are in some peoples’s pocketses.

I swear TSA hires on a bell curve; you must score below this number to be hired. Uncontrolled drooling syndrome automatically deducts 5 points.

 

[JackOfAllTrades]

TSA told me that even though one part is meaningless, if enough people took one part a gun could be assembled

So, if enough baddies each brought <3 oz of explosives in a clear plastic baggie...

 

[Prepper]

Can I bring a 3D printer on a plane? Asking for a friend.

 

[Reptile]

 

[Reptile]

Can I find 34 friends who like Glocks and want to go on a vacation?

Let's test this out.

If you are more sacred than the other 33 air travelers you can carry a pair of spring cups.

I got dibs on the trigger housing pin. Maybe I can hide it in my shoe.

 

[whatluck]

Remove TSA from all airports. Let people carry on planes. Relocate all TSA personnel to guard the borders.

I feel better now.

TSA needs to be DE-located