TSA does it right on occasion
Regular readers of my blog know that I'm sometimes a bit hard on our friends at TSA or at least the managers responsible for some really dumb decisions. However, one of the things that you can do to overcome a negative image is to educate the public on what you do well.
In today's TSA blog, "Blogger Blog" offers the statistic that TSA has found 725 firearms in carry-on luggage since January of this year. He also points to a "Good Catch" pagethat highlights some of the more unusual items TSA inspectors have found and makes for interesting reading.
I would have liked a bit more detail to verify the claim. The implication is that most of these incidents were the result of passengers forgetting they had the firearm. But they could just as easily have been dry runs to test the system, so a bit more information on the cases would have been useful as well.
Still, Keeping over 700 handguns out of aircrafts is pretty impressive and it's a good move by TSA to share their accomplishments.