[Ten Megaton Solution]

Just how would you protect the airliners from these systems?

From Stingers? Use a laser to blind the IR sensor. Technology exists...

[DugwayDuke]

So we should pay a few billion dollars to protect airliners from IR missiles so you can own a stinger? I am in strong disagreement with the liberal argument that guns are only useful to kill people. But, air to surface missiles are only useful to kill airplanes. I have no problem in saying the private ownership of surface to air missiles should be prohibited.