And what's the carnage on the highways in a year? Why don't we forbid driving, then, so as to eliminate this, not chance, but SURE THING?
5 punks with a blade is no match for an angry tourist with the typical carry-on bag that's big enough to give a rhinoceros a concussion.
That would be me. :-) I wouldn't go down in an airplane hijacking without a fight - I ain't 1/4 Fighting Irish for nothing!!!
Or it could be just about any other parent of a sports competitor. I carry all kinds of stuff in there that I'll need to keep myself occupied at my daughter's gymnastics meets, as well as a kit for emergency "beauty and hair" repairs ;-), not to mention water bottles for hydration and first aid for injuries.