# A gun smuggling ring brought 153 weapons onto 17 separate flights from Atlanta to New York

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**Created:** [December 30, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gun-smuggling-ring-brought-153-weapons-onto-17-separate-flights-from-atlanta-to-new-york/708534 "2014-12-30T14:43:07Z")
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### Author: ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gun-smuggling-ring-brought-153-weapons-onto-17-separate-flights-from-atlanta-to-new-york/708534/21 "2015-01-01T22:51:35Z")

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> [@running\_coach](#):
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> Anything coming into the luggage/cargo area should be subject to a security level at least equal (hopefully better) to what the passengers are subjected to.

Agreed, but if theres an insider who knows how to game the security system, I can see how that can happen. No security system is 100% foolproof.

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