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Originally Posted by HowardCohodas
Reread the thought experiment about attempts to keep contraband out of prison. Your strategy must be capable of handling things as they are, not as you wish them to be. Things as they are could be improved, but will never be as you wish them to be.
Reality is a tough mistress.  |
Reality is an equalizer..
but we plan for that.
The point I make is that there are those that intentionally seek to bypass or subvert the system (the prison contaband example), then there is the "accidental" violator.....as was apparently the case with the gentleman in Montana. Based upon his voluntary admission of possessing the handgun we assume he had unintentionally violated/compromised the "system".
Of course there may have been some malicious intent in trying to expose the flaws in the screening process. That is not apparent in the reports.
We can also assume that there were no efforts on his part to conceal the weapon...yet the "system" failed to detect the presence of the firearm. The failure was fundamental in that respect. This was not a sophisticated attempt but a very basic course of fire.
Of course it may have simply been a case of a TSA screener who scored low on the visual acquity portion of the acceptance exam.
All of this ties into the various discussions concerning the intent, purpose, hiring, training and monitoring of our so-called domestic security.