[Deep_6]

re:

"..Am I out of line here or do you know of any way to
force increased safety without decrementing our
liberties?..."

Work with the freedoms we have.

Do not require government intervention and involvement
into security related matters of private industry or
public transportation.

All aircraft and major-mode transportation workers
should be armed and trained with/for the arms they
should be compelled to carry. The public should demand
that from the carriers, not the government.

The right of an airline or major-mode transportation
company, to inspect baggage and persons for metallic
objects [and demand confiscation of same], should not
be thwarted by false assumption that they are
impeaching a freedom of an individual.

I cannot enter a courthouse without turning over a
small penknife at the door. It is not my inherent
"right" to carry that within that building. There are
armed guards within that building and I am not required
to enter; I have the choice not to.

Why should I be alarmed at being required to do the
same when entering an aircraft?


To quote from:
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b9f417a79b4.htm

"..Too, too many voices are shouting for the trading

away our precious freedoms for the illusion of security...

[SES1066]

I cannot enter a courthouse without turning over a small penknife at the door. It is not my inherent "right" to carry that within that building. There are armed guards within that building and I am not required to enter; I have the choice not to. Why should I be alarmed at being required to do the same when entering an aircraft?

Good points and they have validity. When I choose to go on an airliner, I choose to accept their rules.