I am glad that while doing their job, they are confiscating all this nonsense so I can have a secure flight.
Still, some % of them could be stupid, others might be testing the surveillance system to see how far they can get away with these prohibited items through the different check points.
I'm sure those that lost these items on June:
http://blog.tsa.gov/2013/06/tsa-week-in-review-57-firearms.html
...are not the smart ones checking out the TSA site for the list of prohibited items before their flight:
http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/prohibited-items
There is no pre-TSA data to compare how was the traffic of prohibited items before. Still, the current system needs an overhaul.
Why do passengers feel the need to travel with these items? More education needs to be in place but for those that get caught & their items confiscated...I'm not aware of additional consequences to them; are there fines to these individuals? Is there data available that there are repeat offenders? And if so, what happens to them?
Hey you, passenger, it still NOT OK to travel with a stun gun.