[_Jim]

"I thought LAX had instituted staged security, with remote parking garages and mandatory checks even before nearing the terminal."

THIS includes BODY SEARCHES with WANDS at the GARAGE, etc.?

I think not ...

MAYBE all guns *DO* need to be banned (with your thinking) ...

[Misterioso]

If this guy IS a terrorist, something tells me that he would not have attempted to pull off a shooting if he thought that any number of individuals in the area were carrying weapons, legally. That would be true airport security.