"Security scanning beyond the airlines..." 'Judith Whitehead' (Inspiration Sunday)

Judith Whitehead lives in Amherst New York

( A suburb of Buffalo, N.Y.)

 and has worked in the ophthalmology

 field of medicine for over 30 years

Security scanning beyond the airlines

In an effort to keep our sky's safe; several years ago we implemented a rule that every suitcase and computer that went on a plane had to be scanned for dangerous items and unsafe contents.  Everyone is scanned - no matter what race, creed or color you are.

We are living in unsafe times today and since our country is more of a  melting pot for sure, which adds to a rich and diverse country.

 Why not scan items that come through mail order like US mail, Fed Ex, UPS etc.  

It may be a huge effort to accomplish however packages that repeatedly come to the same address filled with such items as contents to build bombs can be monitored and followed up on. 

 Maybe we can avoid some of the tragedy that is happening today  that could have maybe been averted.  

As the airlines  have shown--if a passenger has nothing to hide in their luggage they don't mind the extra few minutes to do a scan.

Why should people mind having their boxes scanned?

"Judy, Judy, Judy!"

Editors note,
This blog also appeared in today's (12-19-15) Buffalo News--Everybody's column;
"Perhaps U.S. should scan packages before delivery."
http://www.buffalonews.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-perhaps-us-should-scan-packages-before-delivery-20151219Hana Hou, (Encore) Shared From Facebook...