LAX TSA Shooting
My initial reaction to reports of the security line shooting at LAX was: "See? I've TOLD you this would happen. A dense crowd of people, coercively disarmed by a (?well-meaning?) Nanny State, is a soft target, ripe for the picking." I expect the only reason someone hasn't done this already is that a security line is a better buffer, rather than a force-multiplier to be exploited in asymmetric warfare.
I was also initially annoyed that, after neutralizing the shooter, passengers were made individually vulnerable by cancelling flights and forcing passengers to walk back to their cars.
After careful thought, however, this does seem to have been a sensible precaution. If the first shooter had been merely a diversion, accomplices could have brought undetected weapons past security. Any aircraft not already sealed for takeoff, would have to be cleared. Any mass transit could have been a target for other potential accomplices.
As much as the TSA reminds me of the Nazi checkpoints in all those WWII movies I was marinated in as a child, I have to admit: Good job, guys.
I was also initially annoyed that, after neutralizing the shooter, passengers were made individually vulnerable by cancelling flights and forcing passengers to walk back to their cars.
After careful thought, however, this does seem to have been a sensible precaution. If the first shooter had been merely a diversion, accomplices could have brought undetected weapons past security. Any aircraft not already sealed for takeoff, would have to be cleared. Any mass transit could have been a target for other potential accomplices.
As much as the TSA reminds me of the Nazi checkpoints in all those WWII movies I was marinated in as a child, I have to admit: Good job, guys.