The security screener who missed a loaded handgun and ammunition clip at Atlanta Hartsfield was fired today. This seems like a reasonable reaction to a gross dereliction of duty.

Something I want to note, is that if this employee had been 'federalized' they would never have been fired. A federal union employee could wave a gun around, and probably shoot a few passengers and not be fired, because of union protection. The worst that would have happened to a federal worker is they would have been reassigned, or suspended with pay.