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In my case they let me go because I was able to successfully explain that all my guns and ammo were in my checked baggage. I had merely forgotten about the speedloaders for my .357 that were in my carry-on bag.

This was back when it was OK to check guns and ammo together. Stupid rules now.

I have a lot of respect for the TSA folk that work the airports. They're doing the best they can under the circumstances. I never thought that federalizing the TSA was a good idea, but it's a done deal now. No sense crying over it. They do the best they can with what they have, and I wouldn't change jobs with them for any amount of money. All they can do is fail. They'll never get a bonus for the guns/bombs/knives that don't get onto an airplane. The only way they'll ever get headlines is when they blow it. And statistics being what they are, eventually they'll miss one that really matters.

Nothing on 9/11 happened because there were too many weapons on those planes. Mostly those things happened because there were *too few* weapons on those planes. I believe this with every fiber of my soul, but of course this will never be airline policy. Political correctness killed a great many people that day that didn't need to die.

It's not the airlines fault. It's not the FAA's fault. It's our fault.

It's our fault.

Of course!

I am very thankful that I live in an area and come from a family were this sensible thinking is predominate. However, being in this environment also led people like us to think the country would *never* get into the state we are now.

This hit home very well to Myranda when we moved from Valley Mills to Wichita Falls. She was completely comfortable with having friends at school who kept firearms in their vehicles for the purpose of going out hunting after school. Yes, we all know about school shootings... and guns on school grounds are illegal... but, in that culture, the rules didn't make sense so they were ignorred? A failure in the system? I don't think so. I never had a qualm about Myranda riding home with friends with guns in the car. Just the opposite, there was more comfort in that. But, it's a different culture and mentality.

When we moved here, Myranda was stunned at the attitudes of her fellow students as well as being brought face to face with the 2nd amendment issues that she was already much in support of.

Matter of fact, when we were still in Valley Mills, Myranda was a journalism student. She wrote some pretty good articles and editorials on gun control. You woulda liked 'em. Still, in Valley Mills, all that was taken for granted because *everyone* thought that way.

Back home though, she shared her opinions and was met with kudos for writing well. Here, she learned to fight for it. That is not a bad thing either.

Nothing on 9/11 happened because there were too many weapons on those planes. Mostly those things happened because there were *too few* weapons on those planes.

The Security people on 9/11 did exactly what they were supposed to do. There were no restrictions regarding boxcutters being taken on planes, so they were not confiscated by the Security folks. The airplane crews followed procedure as well, until they realized too late that the hijackers weren't following the typical hijack playbook. It wasn't until that realization came that folks fought back. There's some notion that the folks on the plane that hit the Pentagon were going to fight back, and we all know what happened on Flight 93.

The Security people got a bad rap, and it proves the adage that 'hard cases make bad law'.