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Well, I argued it here on a couple of levels for the 400 more posts that followed that one. Forgive me for being lazy, but I have already talked this one out!

On one level, because it is an option to travel by air, not a right. You buy a ticket, that is a contract that says you can't carry weapons, and that they may search you to confirm it.

And secondly because I think national security demands that we treat airports very much the same as a border crossing. our security certainly has been threatened by our own domestic planes. Functionally, it is no different between any other kind of port of entry, even if your flight is domestic. I had a few posts that expanded on that.

I will hold off on addressing the second part of your argument. However, the travel-by-air option argument holds water ONLY if it is a condition made by the carrier and you have other choices. It being made by FedGov means that it MUST COMPLY WITH THE FOURTH and FIFTH AMENDMENTS, PERIOD. Further, the rule about not carrying weapons is ALSO FedGov-mandated and a violation of the SECOND amendment. Sorry, you're way out of line here, Constitutionally.