Poll: 59% of Americans Want TSA Agents to Carry Guns
A month following the fatal
shooting of a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer
at Los Angeles International Airport, a majority of Americans, 59
percent, say that TSA agents in airports should carry guns.
Thirty-five percent of those surveyed believe TSA agents should not
be armed.
Nearly two thirds of both Republicans and Democrats favor arming TSA agents. Support declines somewhat among non-partisan independents (51 percent favor) and Republican-leaning independents (50 percent favor). While 3 in 10 Democrats and Republicans oppose the TSA carrying guns, 4 in 10 independents agree. The only political group in which a majority (56 percent) oppose arming TSA agents are self-identified libertarians.
Nationwide telephone poll conducted Dec 4-8 2013 interviewed 1011 adults on both mobile (506) and landline (505) phones, with a margin of error +/- 3.7%. Princeton Survey Research Associates International executed the nationwide Reason-Rupe survey. Columns may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Full poll results, detailed tables, and methodology found here. Sign up for notifications of new releases of the Reason-Rupe poll here.
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The same guys that confiscate 2 inch plastic weapons from sock puppets need a sidearm?
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Arm the TSA? So that they can add armed robbery to their list of accomplishments?
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Maybe we could arm them with 2-inch sock monkey guns, thus matching the intelligence of TSA employees with that of the general public. Fair’s fair.