the IDIOT

when a regular guy gets caught taking a gun through a TSA “security check”, his motives are questioned, he’s borderline terro, and his life is fucked for years.

a government pig does it (still illegal), and he gets a pass. it’s treated as an amusing incident — “a good reminder” of how easy it is to forget “correct procedure”.

“It was an oversight.”

fuck all these government hypocrites. notice that the prick eventually gets his gun back. read this article!

The head of the Police Department’s counterterrorism bureau was “extraordinarily embarrassed” for being detained after trying to board a flight with a loaded gun in his luggage.

John Miller, commanding officer of the Critical Incident Management Bureau, was off duty and heading to New York with his family when security officials at Los Angeles International Airport discovered the .38-caliber Smith & Wesson in his bag about 12:10 p.m. Thursday, Transportation Security Administration spokesman Nico Melendez said.

Miller is authorized to carry the weapon, but he failed to disclose he was traveling with the gun.

Police Chief William Bratton said he spoke with Miller, who was “extraordinarily embarrassed” by the incident.

“It’s a human mistake that was made,” Bratton said. “John is certainly wishing it didn’t happen.”

Miller was briefly detained before he and his family were permitted to board their scheduled flight. The gun was confiscated and will be released to the Police Department.

“He knows the airport procedures. … He didn’t realize he had it,” said Lt. Horace Frank, an aide to Miller. “It was an oversight.”

Bratton, who hired Miller as his spokesman when he was New York City police commissioner, then recruited him to come to Los Angeles, ordered an administrative investigation. Under federal rules, Miller could face a civil fine up to $3,000.

Police officers may only travel on an airplane with a weapon if the officer is on duty and has a department letter authorizing them to travel, said Larry Fetters, the TSA federal security director at LAX.

Miller was on his way to New York to tape a farewell message to ABC’s Barbara Walters, who is retiring. Before joining the LAPD, Miller co-anchored the network’s “20/20″ news magazine with Walters.

Bratton said the incident should be a reminder to all law enforcement officers to be more conscious about where they carry their weapon. He also said that he had no doubt that Miller made a simple mistake.

The police chief, who called the incident an embarrassment to the department, said jokingly “that I hope he and his family were not planning to hijack and fly off to Cuba or some place.”

The TSA has confiscated more than 2,000 guns at airport security checkpoints Since February 2002.

how many of those 2,000 guns were handed back? note also that “the perp” wasn’t on duty.

yeah, his government buddies make a bunch of preschool, paternalistic comments about this screwup, but it’s only cover until interest dies. he’s good to go, and you can count on that.

this double standard may seem to be government as usual. it’s also one of the clearest signs of tyranny. normal people are criminals, and government “employees” are presumed to be good. trusted. sacred. untouchable.

slavery.

Tags: new york, walter block

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