Sat Nov 20, 2021, 05:50 PM
peppertree (18,341 posts)
Passenger's weapon accidentally discharged at the Atlanta airport, causing panic and halting flight
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73 replies, 6300 views
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Author | Time | Post |
 Passenger's weapon accidentally discharged at the Atlanta airport, causing panic and halting flight (Original post) |
peppertree | Nov 2021 | OP |
| Sneederbunk | Nov 2021 | #1 | |
| Traildogbob | Nov 2021 | #2 | |
| japple | Nov 2021 | #12 | |
| Pas-de-Calais | Nov 2021 | #3 | |
| maxsolomon | Nov 2021 | #4 | |
| iluvtennis | Nov 2021 | #5 | |
| ShazzieB | Nov 2021 | #20 | |
| BobTheSubgenius | Nov 2021 | #43 | |
| msfiddlestix | Nov 2021 | #68 | |
| VGNonly | Nov 2021 | #6 | |
| raccoon | Nov 2021 | #7 | |
| iluvtennis | Nov 2021 | #69 | |
| AllaN01Bear | Nov 2021 | #8 | |
| ShazzieB | Nov 2021 | #14 | |
| rickford66 | Nov 2021 | #23 | |
| louis-t | Nov 2021 | #54 | |
| rickford66 | Nov 2021 | #58 | |
| sarisataka | Nov 2021 | #63 | |
| iluvtennis | Nov 2021 | #70 | |
| KentuckyWoman | Nov 2021 | #49 | |
| orangecrush | Nov 2021 | #9 | |
| Bernardo de La Paz | Nov 2021 | #11 | |
| ShazzieB | Nov 2021 | #15 | |
| Bernardo de La Paz | Nov 2021 | #16 | |
| melm00se | Nov 2021 | #44 | |
| Bernardo de La Paz | Nov 2021 | #46 | |
| melm00se | Nov 2021 | #47 | |
| Bernardo de La Paz | Nov 2021 | #17 | |
| Bernardo de La Paz | Nov 2021 | #19 | |
| ShazzieB | Nov 2021 | #21 | |
| Devil Child | Nov 2021 | #40 | |
| paleotn | Nov 2021 | #10 | |
| NullTuples | Nov 2021 | #13 | |
| Evolve Dammit | Nov 2021 | #18 | |
| ShazzieB | Nov 2021 | #22 | |
| Evolve Dammit | Nov 2021 | #24 | |
| oldsoftie | Nov 2021 | #34 | |
| Evolve Dammit | Nov 2021 | #45 | |
| oldsoftie | Nov 2021 | #48 | |
| KentuckyWoman | Nov 2021 | #50 | |
| Calista241 | Nov 2021 | #53 | |
| Evolve Dammit | Nov 2021 | #55 | |
| Calista241 | Nov 2021 | #56 | |
| Evolve Dammit | Nov 2021 | #57 | |
| discntnt_irny_srcsm | Nov 2021 | #65 | |
| Evolve Dammit | Nov 2021 | #66 | |
| discntnt_irny_srcsm | Nov 2021 | #67 | |
| Evolve Dammit | Nov 2021 | #71 | |
| Lasher | Nov 2021 | #25 | |
| peppertree | Nov 2021 | #26 | |
| PSPS | Nov 2021 | #27 | |
| oldsoftie | Nov 2021 | #35 | |
| BigmanPigman | Nov 2021 | #28 | |
| Tom Yossarian Joad | Nov 2021 | #29 | |
| IronLionZion | Nov 2021 | #30 | |
| PSPS | Nov 2021 | #31 | |
| AverageOldGuy | Nov 2021 | #32 | |
| ashredux | Nov 2021 | #33 | |
| malthaussen | Nov 2021 | #36 | |
| twodogsbarking | Nov 2021 | #37 | |
| taxi | Nov 2021 | #42 | |
| Historic NY | Nov 2021 | #38 | |
| twodogsbarking | Nov 2021 | #39 | |
| llmart | Nov 2021 | #41 | |
| KG | Nov 2021 | #51 | |
| C Moon | Nov 2021 | #52 | |
| mickbiden2 | Nov 2021 | #59 | |
| marble falls | Nov 2021 | #60 | |
| FSogol | Nov 2021 | #61 | |
| marble falls | Nov 2021 | #62 | |
| Sancho | Nov 2021 | #64 | |
| Name removed | Nov 2021 | #72 | |
| ancianita | Nov 2021 | #73 |
Response to Traildogbob (Reply #2)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 07:17 PM
japple (9,155 posts)
12. Right...just a premature ejaculation!
Response to peppertree (Original post)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 06:15 PM
3. Hopefully TSA has the name of the person
Response to peppertree (Original post)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 06:32 PM
iluvtennis (17,848 posts)
5. Why was the gun loaded and going through TSA security. Requirement is that unloaded gun be in
Response to iluvtennis (Reply #5)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 07:59 PM
ShazzieB (9,737 posts)
20. The owner of that gun is obviously an idiot.
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No one with half a brain would try to get through a TSA checkpoint with a loaded gun in their freaking bag! The idea is ludicrous.
The TSA spotted the gun, which means the system was working correctly up to that point. The half-brained idiot gun owner tried to grab it when the TSA agent was attempting to remove it from the bag, and it went off (or the idiot fired it it off, we don't know at this point), giving the idiot a chance to escape in the confusion. I'm sure he'll be tracked down soon. If he had a plane ticket, that means there was a record of his identity, so it's just a matter of time. He's obviously too stupid to be able to hide out effectively for very long.  |
Response to iluvtennis (Reply #5)
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 12:30 PM
43. It's still expensive, but the volume discount is nice.
Response to iluvtennis (Reply #5)
Wed Nov 24, 2021, 10:35 AM
msfiddlestix (6,157 posts)
68. ✔️
maybe it was a dry run? maybe it was an "undercover" testing security? Oh wait! I think I know. It was one of Tucker Carlson's crew running a phony "sting" operation for a bogus story against Biden's administration. ?? (wouldn't put it past Carlson) But seriously, good question. How in the hell did he think he could get through security? e |
Response to peppertree (Original post)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 06:34 PM
6. It was a self-defense
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accidental shooting, happens all the time,...chill.
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Response to peppertree (Original post)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 06:36 PM
raccoon (30,662 posts)
7. He needs to be... Incarcerated and put on the no-fly list for eternity. NT
Response to raccoon (Reply #7)
Wed Nov 24, 2021, 01:23 PM
iluvtennis (17,848 posts)
69. + agree about being put on no fly list for several years. n/t
Response to peppertree (Original post)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 06:39 PM
8. we havent been allowed to bring on shoes with explosives , pipe bombs
Response to AllaN01Bear (Reply #8)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 07:38 PM
ShazzieB (9,737 posts)
14. No, he wouldn't have gotten to bring it on.
Response to ShazzieB (Reply #14)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 08:29 PM
rickford66 (5,124 posts)
23. The gun was spotted because of it's position.
Response to rickford66 (Reply #23)
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 03:35 PM
54. I went to Myrtle Beach once with an angled 3-inch
Response to louis-t (Reply #54)
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 10:12 PM
rickford66 (5,124 posts)
58. I've been flagged for a "random" search twice as I was boarding.
Response to rickford66 (Reply #58)
Tue Nov 23, 2021, 09:29 AM
sarisataka (15,219 posts)
63. Going through the Philly airport
Response to sarisataka (Reply #63)
Wed Nov 24, 2021, 01:26 PM
iluvtennis (17,848 posts)
70. aww, love that story. 🥰
Response to AllaN01Bear (Reply #8)
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 05:31 PM
KentuckyWoman (6,115 posts)
49. I'll never forget when they took my lipstick.
Response to peppertree (Original post)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 06:39 PM
orangecrush (16,084 posts)
9. An idiot is going to prison
Response to orangecrush (Reply #9)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 07:08 PM
11. He'll get off on self defence. . . nt
Response to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #11)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 07:46 PM
ShazzieB (9,737 posts)
15. That's just silly.
Response to ShazzieB (Reply #15)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 07:50 PM
16. Name the Federal law you are so sure he will be tried and convicted of. . . . nt
Response to melm00se (Reply #44)
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 01:53 PM
46. Okay, thanks. I see now that the poster I responded was referring to Atlanta and not Rittenhouse
Response to ShazzieB (Reply #15)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 07:51 PM
17. You know little or nothing about any posts I have made on the Rittenhouse topic. . . nt
Response to ShazzieB (Reply #15)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 07:52 PM
19. Of course I was being silly. You need a road map when I'm being wryly sarcastic?
Response to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #19)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 08:01 PM
ShazzieB (9,737 posts)
21. Evidently so.
Response to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #11)
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 10:09 AM
Devil Child (2,728 posts)
40. A felon discharging a firearm at an airport?
Response to peppertree (Original post)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 06:40 PM
paleotn (15,342 posts)
10. We live in a country of morons. Complete morons.
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Bad enough having a gun in your bag going through TSA, but a gun with one in the pipe? What?! What the fucking hell is wrong with these people.
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Response to peppertree (Original post)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 07:28 PM
13. He or she may have been planning on defending themselves against a mask mandate.
Response to peppertree (Original post)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 07:52 PM
Evolve Dammit (13,498 posts)
18. "took off and was able to make it outside the airport." He buggered off. And they couldn't catch him
Response to Evolve Dammit (Reply #18)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 08:06 PM
ShazzieB (9,737 posts)
22. But don't forget, this one did not succeed.
Response to ShazzieB (Reply #22)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 08:51 PM
Evolve Dammit (13,498 posts)
24. How f'd up are you to feel you need to, or even try to bring a firearm aboard a flight today??
Response to Evolve Dammit (Reply #24)
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 09:11 AM
34. I'll explain how I think some of it happens.
Response to oldsoftie (Reply #34)
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 01:51 PM
Evolve Dammit (13,498 posts)
45. you own a handgun and forget you have it on your person?? I couldn't drink enough or
Response to Evolve Dammit (Reply #45)
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 05:17 PM
48. Its not on my person. Its in the bag. Could also happen if you carry a knife.
Response to Evolve Dammit (Reply #18)
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 05:34 PM
KentuckyWoman (6,115 posts)
50. actually, the design of the Atlanta airport it would not be that difficult.
Response to Evolve Dammit (Reply #18)
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 09:11 AM
53. Atlanta has a no pursuit police policy.
Response to Calista241 (Reply #53)
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 03:47 PM
Evolve Dammit (13,498 posts)
55. never heard of that before. So they just let criminals scamper off?
Response to Evolve Dammit (Reply #55)
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 04:33 PM
56. Yep. Unless they've committed a felony, and even then they have to get permission.
Response to Calista241 (Reply #56)
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 05:57 PM
Evolve Dammit (13,498 posts)
57. Bizzare. What is the rationale behind that?
Response to Evolve Dammit (Reply #57)
Tue Nov 23, 2021, 09:44 AM
discntnt_irny_srcsm (18,089 posts)
65. This info is about 4 years old but...
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...I worked in Atlanta for a bit over 2 years and flew there almost every week. As I remember ATL chechpoints the domestic terminal TSA is on ground level at end near the T concourse. The hard barriers are after the screening area to segregate the uncleared out of the secure gate spaces. At the point where a bag would be getting searched, this person would be beyond the body scanners and at the end of the carry-on clear/suspect conveyor. Any airport security and regular police staff would roving and generally not within arm's reach of any particular person. There are 3 TSA scanner locations there and both the central and South side checkpoints have few obstacles between the checkpoint and the S2 and S1 doors to the parking area.
The screener at the bag viewing station should be electronically tagging a bag with a firearm as "high threat" requiring the bag inspector to move it manually off the conveyor to the inspection area. It sounds to me like both the screener and inspector did their jobs and that the overall system prevented an armed person from gaining entry to secured area. As far as the police rationale explanation, I suspect pursuits of all types frequently become dangerous both to LE and bystanders. Better to defuse that by not giving the individual a reason to begin shooting or engage in a high speed chase if he is or becomes mobile. That airport has numerous cameras and lots of video monitoring around the exits. Entering the checkpoint requires photo ID that is electronically checked and validated. Any such person will be recognized electronically and have warrants issued. TSA is currently upgrading standard X-ray scanners to higher resolution CT based equipment. ATL is a very busy airport and a hub for a major carrier. The city of Atlanta is very Democratic and part of a large metro area that includes some very red towns. Kennesaw in Cobb County IIRC still has a law on the books requiring homeowners to own a firearm. While the law has no prescribed punishments and isn't enforced, it does characterize the area. The local joke is that the highway through Cobb County has ONLY A FAR RIGHT LANE. Air travel dangers are currently mostly from the virus. Armed aggressors are much lower as probable threats.  |
Response to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Reply #65)
Tue Nov 23, 2021, 06:05 PM
Evolve Dammit (13,498 posts)
66. Thanks very much for the insight. You know the area and airport well. "Far right only"
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lane. Probably what Jesus would have wanted... So tired of faux xtains hiding behind guns and the flag. Take care out there.
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Response to Evolve Dammit (Reply #66)
Wed Nov 24, 2021, 09:53 AM
discntnt_irny_srcsm (18,089 posts)
67. You take care as well.
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I know parts of a few airports very well. ATL, DTW, GRR, BOS and LAX are rather familiar. PHL is my home airport and I know almost all of it very well except I haven't been in terminal E since Northwest became part of Delta.
I worked in Atlanta for 2 years and know a bit of the city and the airport. In the right places you can have food delivered till 2 or 3 AM. 
I'm a non-faux Christian and I'm used to being lumped in with the fauxs (or foes as I see it.) Have a great Thanksgiving. |
Response to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Reply #67)
Wed Nov 24, 2021, 06:06 PM
Evolve Dammit (13,498 posts)
71. Thanks much. You as well.
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Response to peppertree (Original post)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 09:17 PM
Lasher (25,626 posts)
25. They know who he is
Response to Lasher (Reply #25)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 09:22 PM
peppertree (18,341 posts)
26. +1
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This is a great stand-alone thread.
Thanks for finding and posting this!  |
Response to Lasher (Reply #25)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 09:46 PM
27. Nice. Another "convicted felon" smuggling a loaded gun onto a airplane. Lovely.
Response to Lasher (Reply #25)
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 09:12 AM
35. Well, that'll get you 5 yrs I think. nt
Response to peppertree (Original post)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 11:49 PM
BigmanPigman (48,412 posts)
28. How do you forget you have a gun in your luggage???????
Response to peppertree (Original post)
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 12:10 AM
Tom Yossarian Joad (18,594 posts)
29. Last month, the agency reported catching 4,650 firearms -- a majority of them loaded -- at security
Response to peppertree (Original post)
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 12:19 AM
IronLionZion (41,521 posts)
30. As long as TSA screens for brown skin instead of weapons
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we can see how super safe we all are flying the friendly skies while people like me get felt up extra carefully despite having TSA precheck and global entry.
I'm aware that Kenny Wells is black. TSA screens for brown not black. They look for people who look like H-1bs rather than guns or knives or explosives. They don't know what Muslims look like so they go for brown. They're never going to catch a real terrorist. It's all just painfully outdated kabuki theater to give whites the illusion of safety.  |
Response to peppertree (Original post)
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 02:48 AM
31. It apparently was not an "accidental discharge."
Response to peppertree (Original post)
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 04:04 AM
AverageOldGuy (840 posts)
32. Clearly a case of self-defense. . .
Response to peppertree (Original post)
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 08:28 AM
33. An idiot...you don't carry a loaded weapon in you bag....
Response to peppertree (Original post)
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 09:35 AM
36. There are no "accidental" discharges of firearms. n/t
Response to twodogsbarking (Reply #37)
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 11:23 AM
taxi (1,678 posts)
42. Recidivism among the paroled? nah.
Response to peppertree (Original post)
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 09:43 AM
38. And here is the jackass convicted felon...
Response to Historic NY (Reply #38)
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 09:58 AM
39. Santa has scratched him off his list.
Response to peppertree (Original post)
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 11:07 AM
41. By the end of the holiday weekend...
Response to peppertree (Original post)
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 05:49 PM
51. so relieved - worried it was one of them law abiding gun owners
Response to peppertree (Original post)
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 11:33 PM
C Moon (11,216 posts)
52. He's in big trouble because it wasn't an assault rifle, and there was no protest going on.
Response to peppertree (Original post)
Tue Nov 23, 2021, 05:19 AM
59. Passenger's weapon accidentally discharged at the Atlanta airport, causing panic and halting flig
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hello,
Thank you so much for sharing this helpful information, it helped me alot Thanks and regards.  |
Response to mickbiden2 (Reply #59)
Tue Nov 23, 2021, 07:49 AM
marble falls (47,684 posts)
60. Where do you keep your firearm?
Response to marble falls (Reply #60)
Tue Nov 23, 2021, 08:29 AM
FSogol (43,533 posts)
61. Probably the sock drawer!
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Response to peppertree (Original post)
Tue Nov 23, 2021, 09:40 AM
Sancho (8,812 posts)
64. People Control, Not Gun Control
Response to peppertree (Original post)
Sun Nov 28, 2021, 07:18 AM
ancianita (30,164 posts)
73. We have thousands of people trying to board while carrying guns. 80% of the guns are loaded.
