[steve-b]

It is very hard to smuggle guns and other weapons onto an airplane. The terrorists involved in the 9-11 hijackings had obviously studied and planned how to take over those airplanes. They used seeming innocuous instruments such as box cutters. They used distractive techniques such as killing crewmembers at the rear of a plane to lure pilots into the cabin and allow their accomplices to then enter the cockpit.

Ultimately, the goblins will always find a way. The only real solution is to allow trustworthy people to go armed. There's room for argument as to whether this is best accomplished through expanding the Sky Marshall program, by allowing LEOs and CCW holders to carry on board, or by making it part of the "pre-cleared trustworthy passenger" program the airlines want, but there's just no way around that conclusion.

[NittanyLion]

Ultimately, the goblins will always find a way. The only real solution is to allow trustworthy people to go armed. There's room for argument as to whether this is best accomplished through expanding the Sky Marshall program, by allowing LEOs and CCW holders to carry on board, or by making it part of the "pre-cleared trustworthy passenger" program the airlines want, but there's just no way around that conclusion.

Exactly.