To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (42339 ) 12/24/2010 10:42:21 AM From: Honey_Bee 2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 103300 Airport security truly is a joke, but the TSA now has the power to literally act as storm-troopers. This pilot exercised his free-speech rights to demonstrate that there is no real airport security and he had SIX federal agents show up at his home, take away his licensed firearm and even his permit to carry a concealed weapon. Are we now living in a new Nazi Germany? If they can do this to a respected airline pilot for posting a clip on YouTube, what is there to stop them from doing it to anyone for any reason they want? SACRAMENTO, CA Three days after he posted a series of six video clips recorded with a cell phone camera at San Francisco International Airport, four federal air marshals and two sheriff's deputies arrived at his house to confiscate his federally-issued firearm. The pilot recorded that event as well and provided all the video to News10. At the same time as the federal marshals took the pilot's gun, a deputy sheriff asked him to surrender his state-issued permit to carry a concealed weapon. A follow-up letter from the sheriff's department said the CCW permit would be reevaluated following the outcome of the federal investigation. The YouTube videos, posted Nov. 28, show what the pilot calls the irony of flight crews being forced to go through TSA screening while ground crew who service the aircraft are able to access secure areas simply by swiping a card. "As you can see, airport security is kind of a farce. It's only smoke and mirrors so you people believe there is actually something going on here," the pilot narrates. Read more and watch part of the pilot's video:news10.net