Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Perhaps when they are properly trained. But some of these recently federalized security screeners have all sorts of new powers and still don't know what to do with them. Though I personally I can't explain using the word clip by anyone at an airport checkpoint. In fact, security types at airports are trained to listen for all the obvious buzzwords. So if you happen to say HI to your friend JACK you could suddenly find several guns trained on you. Not kidding! Javier Marc James Small wrote: > > At 07:59 PM 3/5/02 -0700, Tim Atherton wrote: > >As I have already said Austin, it was a silly question and I guess I allowed > >myself a silly answer. > > > >It's rather hard for security personal to do their job by not speaking about > >it... it's not illegal for security personnel to say "hey - looks like we've > >got part of a firearm here...". How else would you suggest they do the job - > >sign language...hmmmm? > > > > Tim > > I believe Austin is correct. Security personnel are trained, insofar as > they are trained at all, to do or say absolutely nothing which will cause > panic or lead to public disquiet. If they suspect something, they are > supposed to handle it most privately and without causing any undue alarm. > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html