“Alcohol and firearms do not mix, ever”
Wrong! They couldn’t have an agency named Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms then.
There is an easy fix to all of this. Put an armed Federal Marshall on each and every flight. Post them up in first class near the cockpit. Have him patrol the aisles from time to time.
Would it cost more money for your tickets if the government did that? Sure. Maybe a dollar more per person, per flight, tops?
But then, it always comes down to money, doesn’t it? It’s far less expensive to just have someone groping old ladies and little kids, isn’t it?