Texas takes aim at getting rid of naked scanners

I’m filing this one under the “Don’t Mess with Texas” category!

Kudos to Rep. David Simpson (R-Longview) for filing HB 1938, with the goal of making it a civil penalty for anyone working in a locally owned airport to install or operate whole-body imaging equipment — “including a device that uses backscatter x-rays or millimeter waves, that creates a visual image of a person’s unclothed body and is intended to detect concealed objects,”

Texas joins 2 additional states (New Hampshire & New Jersey) in  opposing the use of “naked scanners” on the residents of their state

Read the article HERE

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