actualy, from more then 5 or so feet away, to me that would instantly register as a block of c4 with an indicator light and a 9v battery as means of detination. alot of these security guards are former military and if i had been in iraq or afganistan, i probobly would have reacted the same, if not worse to somthing that looked like abomb.
"One clarification: Simpson did answer the original information desk staffer's question about what the art was. That there's no step between an answer that wasn't believed and guns drawn is a big issue to me. Innocent people will get killed this way. "
does this mean i can take a fake ak47 and walk into a airport and claim that its art too? and i am compleatly unliable and will be totaly supported if those over zelouse security guards arrest me?
love this one quote from the comments
"I can't believe anyone in their right mind is calling her an idiot.
She wore a piece of home-made, electronic jewellery to an airport. If she wore that same piece of jewellery to say, the bus-station... would a guy run out with a machine gun to pop 100 bullets in her head? It is absolutely ludicrous.
I'm willing to bet the whole putty on her hands thing was made-up to justify the insane over reaction.
I don't understand why there isn't an outcry, questioning the competency of these trigger happy, security guards. In my opinion, they should be fired as should their superior officers for letting something this embarrassing happen."
is america this stupid??? are we this affraid of being gunned down in airports by our own security guards? does this person realy think the security guards would run into an open crowd and gun down 100 civilians? do they not know you can fire an automatic wepon without emptying the entire clip? or that a sub machine gun, unlike a 9mm holow point pistol doesnt have a limited accurate range of 25 yards or less? people like this make me question myself on why I actualy like america. its realy sad that they have to judge everything a trained proffesional does as wrong or trigger happy... they didnt even shoot the girl.