Originally Posted by
sandlapper223
Holy He!! !! STRONG Resistance? You better believe it. From every red-blooded free American that I know of. 100% crew BA tests when coming thru checkpoints, are you insane?
For that matter, lets install BAC ignition interlock devices on all cars and have routine DUI checkpoints all over the place to curb drinking and driving!
It's called the 4th Ammendment, a large and very important constitutional right I might add. Unlawful or unreasonable search and seizure. Everything you just mentioned is contrary to the US constitution. Yeah, we need to trample that some more, huh?
I'm all for preventing and punishing and helping those who break the rules, but what you suggest is not that of a free America.
You're right up there with taking away law abiding citizens guns to prevent school shootings.
How is my suggestion any more invasive to the Constitution than the FAA mandated random drug and alcohol screenings? Wouldn't you classify those as unreasonable under the 4th Amendment? But the courts have ruled that they are legal and applied correctly, so I don't really see how extrapolating the random checks to mandatory screenings is any worse.
We already have to go through security checkpoints, which one could argue is an illegal search and seizure under the Constitution, what's adding one more element to that initial security screening?
I'm all for it. If it saves one plane from crashing, or one ramper from getting in an accident and dying, then to me it was well worth it.