Southwest Passenger Finds Gun Onboard—Crew Demands He Delete Evidence Or Be Removed [Roundup]

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  1. Oh, nice… a 2nd vs. 1st Amendment show-down… but, because it’s not the ‘government’ restricting anything, rather, it’s a private company, probably whatever the airline says goes.

  2. @1990

    Dollars-to-donuts, and without knowing any of the facts, some folks will walz right in and (with 100% certainty) inform the rest of us as to the political affiliation of the person that “planted” this gun on the aircraft. If Gary linked this site to FanDuel or DraftKings we could make some serious cash playing the odds!!

  3. All that orange, but doesn’t look like a kid’s toy to me so this is almost certainly something for training and can’t actually shoot. Perhaps a leftover from a security test?? And they’re trying to hide it because they are somehow part of the mistake?

  4. Waiting for Tim Dunn to say:

    1) They would never find a gun like this on a Delta flight
    2) If they DID find one, the Delta flight attendants would generate 20% more revenue from it than any other airline’s employees

  5. @Lucky Larry — Oh, yes… looks can be deceiving. Now, your wise talk of ‘donuts’ above is making me want to use my Amex Gold $7/mo Dunkin credit… did you know that you can only reload your Dunkin gift card account up to $120 or so via the app? So, now I learn that I must start spending the credits so that I can use more of them. There’s always an angle isn’t there…

  6. That person’s Twitter account doesn’t seem to show those posts anymore when I visit their profile. It’s just full of voter fraud election denial stuff from 2024.

  7. There’s enough actual antisemitism that idiots like this who make up falsehoods do a huge disservice to the cause they purport to serve.

  8. Am I the only one who can ID a NERF gun? Have you never seen a toy before?

    Either way, look at her account, the woman is a nutjob.

  9. I’ve heard Rabbi Shmuley Boteach on the radio before. I would take his word over the hotel unless they can prove everything they allege. It sounds like they are throwing mud at a wall and trying to see what sticks.

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