[sneakypete]

What about all of these troops guarding the airports? Are they standing around with a glorified club in their hands?

Yes. All image,no reality. They ain't even allowed to beat you with the club unless somebody's life is in immediate danger from you if they don't.

[Shooter 2.5]

I had already stopped meeting visitors at the gate and started to greet them at the baggage area. Carrying my hardware wasn't for terrorists as much as it was for the people loitering in the parking garage.

Members of my Army Reserve unit told me that when they were activated for the King riots in Chicago, they didn't have any ammo issued. The person who told me this said that he did have ammo. It just wasn't issued.