[Filligree]

> Are you saying metal detectors don’t work?

Every time they've tested it, the testers were able to get 70-80% of their weapons past the TSA; which, yes, includes guns.

I don't know precisely how they achieved that, but they certainly did.

[raw_anon_1111]

Citation?

The best I could find that you could sneak explosives through if you were sophisticated enough but nothing about sneaking guns through.

[idiotsecant]

https://abcnews.go.com/US/tsa-fails-tests-latest-undercover-...

DHS routinely tests TSA and they always fail spectacularly. This was just the first one on Google. You can easily find many more, this is widely reported on.

[JustExAWS]

You realized there has been a complete overhaul in equipment since 2017?

In your citation: In the public hearing today on Capitol Hill, members pushed for the full implementation of a program using new scanning equipment that creates a 3-D image of bags, giving screeners better ability to spot possibly dangerous items

Those new scanners are in 255 of the nations 432 airports

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/07/19/new-airport-scanner...

[p_l]

Yes, and it's not the scanners that fail.

Scanner upgrades are mostly effective against weapon smuggling, not carrying on board by determined team.