TSA discovered 73 firearms last week in carry-on bags around the nation. Of the 73 firearms discovered, 66were loaded and 27 had a round chambered. All of the firearms pictured were discovered last week. See a complete list below.
when you list the number of firearms with rounds chambered, does that include revolvers?
If so, I think it would be helpful to break that down into revolvers and other firearms where the bullet is fully chambered.
So the questions for these medicines are answered clearly. You can transport this item in carry-on or checked baggage.
Yet when the question is nitroglycerin pills the answer that TSA gives doesn't even address the question, instead goes off on some tangent that was not asked. Any claims by the TSA Blog Team that this question has been answered is just a flat out lie. The question has not been answered, the TSA "Can I Bring" tool gives less than helpful information, and our taxpayer paid public employees refuse to step up and address what is clearly a problem.
This is the low quality TSA that we get and is one of the many reasons that the public has no respect for TSA and its employees.
I am more than willing to discuss why TSA cannot provide a useful answer to this old question but just ignoring the issue does TSA no good.
This is not correct. The part you neglect to mention, is the green/red bar that comes up with the answers. Green means it is able to go, red means it is not able to go.
If you visit the link below, you will see that nitro pills are given the green flag for both checked, and carry on bags with a green banner across the top.
If you visit the link below, you will see that explosives are not permitted on planes at all, with a red banner across the top.
And, finally, you can get either or results, which give you a green banner for whichever section of the airplane it is allowed in. This is the case for firearms, which get the green banner for checked baggage only if you see the link below.
Just in case someone wants to know if there are items that are actually allowed in the carry on, but not checked baggage, please visit the link below and see the green banner for matches.
To state that the TSA Blog Team has not repeatedly given you an answer about nitro pills and medications, is simply not true.
As indicated in the above links, and the numerous links posted previously, nitro pills, patches, and other forms of medicinal nitro are allowed to be carried on, or to be transported in checked baggage.
Can you point to the location where the page border you describe is defined? If not then the words used are the only points that matter and the question goes unanswered as the discussion is about larger quantities of LGA's not tiny nitroglycerin pills and as shown TSA does use positive responses for other pills.
TSA has, seemingly with purpose, left the decision to allow or not allow these pills to the least qualified person there is, a TSA screener.
Wow comments are being posted.
@RB, medication is allowed according to the website, and nitroglycerin pills are for people with heart conditions so I would bet they are allowed. Your hatred towards TSA is well known but just leave it be and try to bring up real issues.
Also, seems to be noncompliant with the ADA if the text doesn't match the color coding, even if this is described somewhere.
The TSA "Can I Bring" website does not say that nitroglycerin pills are allowed. The answer given is not responsive. I gave examples of how the question is answered for other common pills and in each case a clear answer is provided. That simply is not the case for nitroglycerin pills.
It has been reported that TSA screeners have in fact confiscated nitroglycerin pills. I don't know if it was a one off or what but once is too often when the medicine in question is a life saving medicine and some TSA screener thinks they know better than a persons doctor. Or perhaps that TSA screener (and others possibly) think nitroglycerin pills present some kind of risk which is just idiotic. There is no means possible to weaponize nitroglycerin pills.
If TSA screeners confiscating life saving medicines isn't a "real issue" then I would be interested in what you think a "real issue" is, john barker.
West, still waiting for the link to where the page borders are defined on "Can I Bring" pages.
Clearly some posters are more concerned about their agenda than getting and listening to responses. This issue (nitro pills) has been addressed and answered several times. Problem is, he isn't getting the answer that fits his agenda. More evidence of this is his continuous use of " confiscate." we know that is in accurate as does the poster, yet to further his hate filled agenda, he continues to use it. Just kind of discredits any claims that his questions aren't addressed, they are he just doesn't like the answer.
My dad has never had a problem when we travel. He takes his pills everywhere we go.
For example a real issue would be the Real ID requirements, my state is one of those affected. I have never flown internationally and have never had the need for a passport. Why am I required to get one?
Another example would be Why have different set of procedures for certain groups of people? Shouldn't everyone be treated with the same procedures. I just received their new patdown, I was told everyone receives the same patdown. Which in my opinion is good but I didn't like the new way I was searched.
I am not all pro TSA, but you can't take it out on the the people that are there to follow the procedures placed by the people in Washington D.C.
TSA has its pros and cons whether you believe in what they do but don't just ignore what they do.
Being biased is not helping, fixing issues takes input both positive and negative.
I've had good and bad experiences but the good outweigh the bad. Screeners have good days and bad days, remember they're human too. They do the same repetitive job over and over day in day out. I know we expect higher standards from them, after all they are federal employees that work in the public's view.
Don't take it on them, take it out on TSA management. TSA management make up the rules and procedures and I would like to assume they have never worked with the screeners to see what goes on.
Boldy, the question has never been answered. The question has been dodged, talked around, misdirected but no answered.
The TSA "Can I Bring" tool gives a response about LGA's not nitro pills. It never says the pills are allowed or not allowed. I reject attempts to assign meaning to a page border when that border is not defined.
Bottom line is that words have meaning, TSA knows that that page doesn't answer the question, and hasn't done one thing to correct the issue.
I'm glad that you have had few problems. I hope that continues but your experience isn't the same experience that others have had. People have had their Nitro pills confiscated. People have had purses confiscated because of a design in the leather. TSA has strip searched people among other unacceptable acts.
I agree that Real ID should be shut down. No reason for it. Besides a Drivers License is not and ID card which seems to be a confusion point for TSA.
As far as the screeners go I hold them as responsible for their acts as I do TSA management. If a screener takes certain actions then they are responsible for those actions. No one makes a person work for TSA. If the employee finds the work that is required to be unethical then all they have to do is go home. So I take out TSA policy on the person who carries out that policy. I also work to change that policy but as you probably know TSA is pretty deaf to the publics needs.
Bob, the top leftmost "firearm" photo shows no firearm. You apparently cut off the image.
I would venture to say, It has not been answered to your liking. It has in fact been answered several times as with most repeated questions here.
People have had their Nitro pills confiscated. People have had purses confiscated because of a design in the leather. TSA has strip searched people among other unacceptable acts. once again (let me guess, this has never been addressed either?) TSA does not "confiscate" anything. This is why you keep repeating the same questions suggesting they haven't been answered. When you get answers, you refuse to accept them. I assume until the answers meet your agenda, you will claim they have never been answered.
It's been answered with a inaccurately. He's waiting for an actual answer.
Boldly said...I would venture to say, It has not been answered to your liking. It has in fact been answered several times as with most repeated questions here.
Then you should have no problems providing us a link to the answer. At least tell us what search engine you are using because Google disagrees with your assertion of the question has been answered.