Thread: Feeling sick after reading this !

Just reading this thread my opinion wont be popular with some.

I think that whatever the changes, the authorities are making, are proposing to make, and should make, are what we voted them into office to do on our behalf. Democracy, even when one side loses.

I too see news stories, where the punishment does not fit, or is too light for the crime. As I've said before, I have Lawyers and Judges in the family, and I'm old enough to know, that in the main the courts get it right and any lenient sentence, is either appropriate or has a good reason that is not public facing.

My personal view on fire arms licensing and registration, is that if we all get a licence and register our firearms then we're doing a good thing. If someone doesn't then throw the book at him/them. I'd like to see mandatory prison sentences for gun crimes.

I don't think that, when a police action turns out to be a mistake, that we should greet it with cries to get rid of the whole police force.

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Originally Posted by 300CALMAN

As I understand drugs and other organics stick out with the new xray technology. Metal all looks the same.

I once, when travelling, happened upon an area, where they were x=raying bags, and where I could stand, off to the side (after my bags had been x-rayed) and I could view the screen and the two operatives that were looking at it. I stood there for about 10 minutes, before they noticed me and moved me on.

In that time I saw, as you say, that any organic material was very obvious, orange and bright colours, with details like the knitted thread in wool (I assume) jumpers, being plainly visible. I could see the inside of iPads, laptops and metal was also obvious. I didn't see a gun, but the shapes and insides of things like razors and hip flasks made it obvious, that if there was a gun there it'd be seen.

I contend that if someone is looking at an x-ray of luggage or a container, then they will see a gun if it is there.

As to the frequency, of x-raying luggage and containers, I don't know.