Level 1 argument: The TSA confiscates a lot of weapons, so they’re keeping us safe.
Level 2 argument: The weapons they confiscate aren’t going to be used for bad things, so the TSA doesn’t keep us safe.
Level 3 argument: The weapons that the TSA confiscates are a red herring. The weapons that bad people WOULD have brought on board, if there were no TSA, are actual benefits of having a TSA.
Really, I’m just calling out your strawman/exaggeration:
I said that as a frequent flier, I was very interested in safe airplanes, but that I didn’t think the TSA contributed to that. He disagreed and cited all the stuff he confiscated, but admitted, when I asked him, that he didn’t think that anyone actually planned to do anything bad to airplanes with the stuff he took away, nor did he think they’d do something unplanned and dangerous to the airplane with it.
I think you’re both wrong - the TSA does improve safety, but not for the reason that this guy says. But really I’m assuming you’re just exaggerating here, because it’s hard to imagine anyone could believe that x-rays and metal detectors don’t make flying safer. http://boingboing.net/2013/05/03/when-all-the-cool-kids-were-hi.html
If you said “the TSA pornoscanners” instead of “the TSA” then I’d agree - but then that has nothing to do with a confiscated gun.
