mountainclmbr
Member
I had a business trip to Florida that lasted several weeks. I travelled from Denver to Orlando under Code Yellow and returned under Code Orange. I transported two handguns for CCW and to practice at a range. I travel to FL often and always transport firearms. I did not notice any difference with transporting firearms under Code Orange, but did notice that TSA is getting more accustomed to the proper procedures at both airports. The biggest change I noticed was at Denver upon returning.
My wife travelled with me this trip and we had a large amount of luggage. It was about midnight when we returned and it was about 12 degrees F outside. I offered to go get the vehicle while my wife waited with the luggage inside the terminal. I got the vehicle, paid the parking fee (ouch, glad my company picks up the tab), had to circle back to the terminal and noticed blue flashing police lights in about 5 or 6 places. I got to a security checkpoint for arriving flights, but there was no police presence for any checks. I got to the pickup area and found that I was on level 4 and my wife was waiting on level 5. I asked a TSA person if I could go upstairs to get my wife and help her get the luggage down to level 4. The TSA woman said "you better get moving because the Denver PD will be around writing tickets soon". She volunteered to go up and tell my wife to come down one level while I circled the airport again to avoid a ticket. This time circling around I noticed that Denver had replaced the 45 MPH signs with 35 MPH signs. Ahaa, that explains the number of blue lights. I was going very slow to allow my wife time to get the luggage downstairs when I noticed there was a police car now at the security checkpoint. When I got there I noticed that he had a radar gun out and didn't want to check my vehicle. So Code Orange is really Code Green for Denver PD. If the large, liberal cities are using the terror threat to grab more power and money from law abiding citizens, am I safer?
My feeling is that I am no safer from terrorists, but am at greater danger of being looted by my own local government. Does anyone see it differently?
My wife travelled with me this trip and we had a large amount of luggage. It was about midnight when we returned and it was about 12 degrees F outside. I offered to go get the vehicle while my wife waited with the luggage inside the terminal. I got the vehicle, paid the parking fee (ouch, glad my company picks up the tab), had to circle back to the terminal and noticed blue flashing police lights in about 5 or 6 places. I got to a security checkpoint for arriving flights, but there was no police presence for any checks. I got to the pickup area and found that I was on level 4 and my wife was waiting on level 5. I asked a TSA person if I could go upstairs to get my wife and help her get the luggage down to level 4. The TSA woman said "you better get moving because the Denver PD will be around writing tickets soon". She volunteered to go up and tell my wife to come down one level while I circled the airport again to avoid a ticket. This time circling around I noticed that Denver had replaced the 45 MPH signs with 35 MPH signs. Ahaa, that explains the number of blue lights. I was going very slow to allow my wife time to get the luggage downstairs when I noticed there was a police car now at the security checkpoint. When I got there I noticed that he had a radar gun out and didn't want to check my vehicle. So Code Orange is really Code Green for Denver PD. If the large, liberal cities are using the terror threat to grab more power and money from law abiding citizens, am I safer?
My feeling is that I am no safer from terrorists, but am at greater danger of being looted by my own local government. Does anyone see it differently?