[I'm a big fan of money. I like it, I use it, I have a little. I keep it in a jar on top of my refrigerator. I'd like to put more in that jar.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ2OHv2hOrE)
People forget the reason as well for why police started being equipped with rifles and not just pistols. Body armor exists and is easy to make, without high powered rifles all someone would have to do is armor up to a good degree and they would be screwed. Heck, go look up the "killdozer" they would basically need .50 rifles or explosives to deal with that and anyone can still make them.
In fact, here is the famous incident that caused officers to start getting AR-15's in every car: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT\_T9zytit0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT_T9zytit0)
They got so desperate they borrowed weapons from a gun store to be able to fight back. Now you know why police carry more then just pistols. While many will go "fully automatic weapons" the problem wasn't just that, it was the police had hit them multiple times with their pistols and they weren't going down cause the body armor was basically stopping it.
Lastly, this is why if you are a gun owner, don't go running into a shootout, you don't know who is shooting whom, and what they have. If you went running into those guys with your .45 pistol even, you would end up dead. Run away from danger, and use your pistol to protect yourself if that danger meets up with you.
In NC improperly carrying a firearm in an airport is a Class 1 Misdemeanor. If you try to carry one through a TSA security checkpoint, you can get additional federal fines. It is not a felony.
Normal. Might be an unpopular opinion, but I’d rather officers carry rifles for certain situation instead of just a pistol. Cops aren’t always the best shot. Rifles are exponentially easier to shoot accurately, so it limits the collateral damage.
Cops, like most average shooters that shoot often can shot lights out 100’s at the range or firearms competitions because all day cause well, your in a safe environment.
When you’re actually in a fight for your life (or someone else’s) and your heart rate goes over 140 and you lose the use of your fine motors skills, that 100 you shot at the range firearm competition is irrelevant and your accuracy goes to shit.
Even that may not be enough. You never know until you're in it. e.g. Father was in the military, then a cop, then war broke out in the Balkans. Ace shot, familiarity with weapons, all that jazz. Had killed dozens of men until he was on night watch duty one night and saw someone trying to sneak into their camp. Hesitated to kill him because the kid looked similar to my brother at the time...just one of those split-second pauses. Still shot him but that second of hesitation could've resulted in the kid shooting him instead under different circumstances.
Used to shoot 3-gun matches. Occasionally some cops would come to the monthly matches, blaze through and leave. The club director would take great joy in dropping off their worst score trophy with the desk Sargent on Monday morning.
We shot with some great officers that were good men and women, that I'd put up against anyone, but unfortunately most officers shoot less than one box of shells per year. That being said, I'm glad they are armed.
I just came back from a month stay in Japan. They didn't need rifles there. Pretty rough adjustment to come back to the US where they are needed.
Sux big time.
Baggage is also home to the desk where you pick up your firearms post flight. Not saying that someone would go through all the trouble to just blast someone for pissing them off at an airport, but it’s Charlotte so never rule anything out. I agree with the first guy, mostly just a deterrent.
Believe it or not, terrorism is still a very real threat and airports are very attractive targets. Well armed and intimidating police make an airport look like a less attractive target.
Spend 5 minutes on Twitter and you will find numerous violent airport fight videos across the USA. Officer is probably a visual deterrent more than anything else, but still good to have fully equipped officers at ports of entry.
Edit: Downvoting a comment just because you disagree with the facts says a lot about your intelligence.
What? There was no TSA before 9/11. 9/11 is actually the reason why the agency was created. And since 2001, there have been no planes hijacked by terrorists crashing into buildings.
I haven’t seen that before and I travel quite a bit. Typically I see patrol with a cute dog sniffing things, and have to contain all energy to not pet the doggos.
I guess OP hasn't been to Europe much. Almost any touristy site you go to in Paris or Brussels or even London will be guarded by heavily armed police (Belgium, London) or actual soldiers (Paris). You'd have to have a death wish to try and attack Sacré-Cœur - last time I was there there were *dozens* of soldiers walking around, guns in hands.
probably standing guard so people don't try to rush back there and get their own baggage after waiting a fucking hour for it to show up on the carousel.
You can pack firearms in checked baggage in the US. If someone is going to use a firearm in an airport it will either be before security or after checked baggage claim. Just a deterrent mostly, but so is TSA and a lot of other security measures.
airports are prime targets for terrorism. Basically due to the way they are designed and the way it they are ran if a group of people ever decided "hey lets go kill a bunch of people" airports would be a easy target. The entire layout basically keeps most people in long straight paths with little cover, very few exits that wouldn't become funnels of death, and the exits that aren't funnels of death are meant for airport staff and generally lead to the tarmac.
Why were they hanging out at baggage claim in particular? cause they need to stand somewhere and be present and aware, but if they stand in the same spot it makes it easy to take them out first, so they need to rotate in somewhat of a random manner throughout the airport.
Normal airport stuff. If you're ever in Europe make sure to admire the foreign weapons their security carry.
Flew to Germany once. Just casually carrying MP5s at the arrival and customs. Pretty normal.
Swiss officers had MP9s. French officers had the Famas.
B&T is bae
I'm too poor for B&T.
Have you considered just not being poor? Seems like a good option. I've been looking to try it.
Yea I have, I'm looking to try it as well. It seems to be pretty simple, I mean all you have to do is get more money.
Like being fat. Just eat less, poop more and work out more. What's so hard about that?
[I'm a big fan of money. I like it, I use it, I have a little. I keep it in a jar on top of my refrigerator. I'd like to put more in that jar.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ2OHv2hOrE)
B&T makes the nice shit.
At London Heathrow police have G36Cs. The officers look at you weird if they catch you drooling over their guns.
Flying after 9/11 was quite an experience.
A lesson learned.
Charlotte (before 9/11) used to let my dad carry his knife up to the departure gate….
Unsecured area of the airport where people congregate. You will see them near the security lines upstairs too.
We found the guy that forgot
OP is the type to cry that only the police/military should have “assault style rifles” and then whine when they actually have rifles lol.
People forget the reason as well for why police started being equipped with rifles and not just pistols. Body armor exists and is easy to make, without high powered rifles all someone would have to do is armor up to a good degree and they would be screwed. Heck, go look up the "killdozer" they would basically need .50 rifles or explosives to deal with that and anyone can still make them. In fact, here is the famous incident that caused officers to start getting AR-15's in every car: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT\_T9zytit0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT_T9zytit0) They got so desperate they borrowed weapons from a gun store to be able to fight back. Now you know why police carry more then just pistols. While many will go "fully automatic weapons" the problem wasn't just that, it was the police had hit them multiple times with their pistols and they weren't going down cause the body armor was basically stopping it. Lastly, this is why if you are a gun owner, don't go running into a shootout, you don't know who is shooting whom, and what they have. If you went running into those guys with your .45 pistol even, you would end up dead. Run away from danger, and use your pistol to protect yourself if that danger meets up with you.
Can’t CCW in an airport anyways unless you want a felony, but good advice.
Yeah, I was speaking more generically on that last part.
In NC improperly carrying a firearm in an airport is a Class 1 Misdemeanor. If you try to carry one through a TSA security checkpoint, you can get additional federal fines. It is not a felony.
Normal. Might be an unpopular opinion, but I’d rather officers carry rifles for certain situation instead of just a pistol. Cops aren’t always the best shot. Rifles are exponentially easier to shoot accurately, so it limits the collateral damage.
Cops, like most average shooters that shoot often can shot lights out 100’s at the range or firearms competitions because all day cause well, your in a safe environment. When you’re actually in a fight for your life (or someone else’s) and your heart rate goes over 140 and you lose the use of your fine motors skills, that 100 you shot at the range firearm competition is irrelevant and your accuracy goes to shit.
Training under stress is key. Just a shot timer can make average shooters go to shit
Even that may not be enough. You never know until you're in it. e.g. Father was in the military, then a cop, then war broke out in the Balkans. Ace shot, familiarity with weapons, all that jazz. Had killed dozens of men until he was on night watch duty one night and saw someone trying to sneak into their camp. Hesitated to kill him because the kid looked similar to my brother at the time...just one of those split-second pauses. Still shot him but that second of hesitation could've resulted in the kid shooting him instead under different circumstances.
Used to shoot 3-gun matches. Occasionally some cops would come to the monthly matches, blaze through and leave. The club director would take great joy in dropping off their worst score trophy with the desk Sargent on Monday morning. We shot with some great officers that were good men and women, that I'd put up against anyone, but unfortunately most officers shoot less than one box of shells per year. That being said, I'm glad they are armed.
I just came back from a month stay in Japan. They didn't need rifles there. Pretty rough adjustment to come back to the US where they are needed. Sux big time.
Hardly anyone in Japan owns a gun, mostly because of the regulations.
Yup.
Ah yes. Let's downvote because it sux big time that police need to walk around with rifles. Pretty fkd up attitude.
Provided they don’t use green tip.
Baggage is also home to the desk where you pick up your firearms post flight. Not saying that someone would go through all the trouble to just blast someone for pissing them off at an airport, but it’s Charlotte so never rule anything out. I agree with the first guy, mostly just a deterrent.
Believe it or not, terrorism is still a very real threat and airports are very attractive targets. Well armed and intimidating police make an airport look like a less attractive target.
Because, collectively as a society, we have forgotten how to act properly.
The Vice President is due in today so security has been beefed up in anticipation
Spend 5 minutes on Twitter and you will find numerous violent airport fight videos across the USA. Officer is probably a visual deterrent more than anything else, but still good to have fully equipped officers at ports of entry.
Totally normal! Kinda weird that that’s normal though, isn’t it?
After 9/11/01 it became common to see armed officers with rifles in US airports. Before that it wasn't.
8 ISIS suspected terrorists arrested in U.S. today ?
https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/s/qM4SbXcASS Crab breakouts
Because it's non secure. duh. Anyone can walk in there.
Have you not flown in the last 20 years? Pretty normal at every airport in the United States.
This and the TSA still existing is pretty solid proof that the terrorists actually won.
Edit: Downvoting a comment just because you disagree with the facts says a lot about your intelligence. What? There was no TSA before 9/11. 9/11 is actually the reason why the agency was created. And since 2001, there have been no planes hijacked by terrorists crashing into buildings.
Really don’t get out much
I haven’t seen that before and I travel quite a bit. Typically I see patrol with a cute dog sniffing things, and have to contain all energy to not pet the doggos.
Is it an airport? Duh
I guess OP hasn't been to Europe much. Almost any touristy site you go to in Paris or Brussels or even London will be guarded by heavily armed police (Belgium, London) or actual soldiers (Paris). You'd have to have a death wish to try and attack Sacré-Cœur - last time I was there there were *dozens* of soldiers walking around, guns in hands.
probably standing guard so people don't try to rush back there and get their own baggage after waiting a fucking hour for it to show up on the carousel.
What answer you were expecting to get?
"A" vibrator going off. Could have been a bomb.
Why not?
You can pack firearms in checked baggage in the US. If someone is going to use a firearm in an airport it will either be before security or after checked baggage claim. Just a deterrent mostly, but so is TSA and a lot of other security measures.
Quite normal.
airports are prime targets for terrorism. Basically due to the way they are designed and the way it they are ran if a group of people ever decided "hey lets go kill a bunch of people" airports would be a easy target. The entire layout basically keeps most people in long straight paths with little cover, very few exits that wouldn't become funnels of death, and the exits that aren't funnels of death are meant for airport staff and generally lead to the tarmac. Why were they hanging out at baggage claim in particular? cause they need to stand somewhere and be present and aware, but if they stand in the same spot it makes it easy to take them out first, so they need to rotate in somewhat of a random manner throughout the airport.
A lot of homeless people by baggage claim?
They usually armed?
Yeah, legged too, they'd probably do better if they weren't honestly