I see no problem with otherwise lawful gun owners carrying their concealed firearm aboard a commercial mode of transport, airlines included. Since when does a person’s right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness end because a person travels aboard some non-private means of transport? Come on, fella’s, millions of lawfully (and many unlawfully) armed people carry everyday most everywhere. There isn’t blood running in the streets in most locales, and it certainly isn’t the lawfully armed shedding blood illicitly as well.
Hoplophobes notwithstanding.
“I see no problem with otherwise lawful gun owners carrying their concealed firearm aboard a commercial mode of transport, airlines included. Since when does a person’s right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness end because a person travels aboard some non-private means of transport? Come on, fella’s, millions of lawfully (and many unlawfully) armed people carry everyday most everywhere. There isn’t blood running in the streets in most locales, and it certainly isn’t the lawfully armed shedding blood illicitly as well.”
This seems very libertarian. But with the nuts and ill-tempered loonies that fly these days, planes and bodies sucked through windows would be dropping out of the sky every week. I would hate to be on a flight under these rules where they ran out of biscuits or goldfish, or someone farted!
Libertarians always make the mistake that everyone is at least as logical, reasonable, and civilized as they are.
Son’s best friend is a Secret Service agent and carries wherever he goes including flying. He told us about checking in at the airport and doing the necessary paperwork. Gets on the flight and a stewardess comes up to him and says something to the effect that he was their armed SS agent.
Said he was pretty upset about it because it made him a target and he didn’t feel like he could take a nap on the flight.