Your position is in direct contrast to your moniker. Restricting guns to police and military personnel amplifies the power of the state and keeps citizens at the mercy of the state.
I have a concealed carry license. I am trained and qualified, and I shoot regularly to maintain proficiency. I am not some trigger-happy lunatic. Why should I not be allowed to carry my gun on a plane? Is a police officer better qualified? My experience is that they are not. I shoot more often than most police officers. Am I less stable or reliable? I realize that you don't know me and can't answer these questions. They are meant to be rhetorical. But my position is that I should be able to carry wherever I go, as my right to self defense does not stop at the airport.
I had this descussion yesterday with a friend.
The biggest arguement against allowing civilians with CCW to carry on planes is:
1. It would be easy for a terrorist to obtain a Cww license. One terrorist had a piolts license which is a lot harder to obtain.
It would make identifing actual terrorists extremely difficult since anyone with a gun would be a potential terrorist.
2. The Air Marshals and flight crew would go nuts if a fellow passenger had a gun drop out of his or her holster.
3. The best solution is to have the pilots armed and Police officers in uniform with a proper security check, then anyone else with a gun can be identified as a terrorist.