Despite restrictions, guns still allowed in checked bags

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[Eagle Eye]

Probable cause is not needed. While you argue that 100% screening for explosives is unreasonable, others, maybe even a majority of the flying public will say that it is the least that should be done, and is reasonable.

Nobody likes lines and waiting. Nobody likes having their bags searched. But I have spoken with hundreds of people who range from tolerant to outright supportive. Oddly enough, in the airports I hear lots of support from passengers. The greatest amount of griping I hear is on FR!

[archy]

...the terrorists shot someone after the plane crashed into the WTC.

Praise Allah! They are immortal! < /sarcasm >

You really ought to read the transcripts of the phone calls made from AA Flight 11. The question is whether the handgun used by the hijackers to shoot Israeli army Captain Lewin was being carried by him, and his own weapon was used on him after the hijackers cut his throat, as described by Flight 11 flight attendant Amy Sweeney before her own death, brought the weapon with them, or had it waiting on board for their use.

And, of course, the FAA memo, which states that Lewin, sittong in seat 9B, *was shot by passenger Satam al-Suquami,* sitting behind Lewin in seat 10B.

Remember, you can't sue the airlines if you're murdered by terrorists aboard one of their flights, even if they're irresponsibly at fault. If you travel under such conditions and are killed, you have only yourself to blame.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Griping at the airport will only get you arrested. You see, the Constitution doesn't apply withing 500 feet of an airplane.

[Eagle Eye]

I've yet to see anyone offer realistic alternatives.

Care to give it a shot?

[Blood of Tyrants]

How about looking for terrorists instead of trying to make sure that the airplane is full of victims when the next terrorist gets a food service person to smuggle a knife on board? Everyone knows who they are; Middle Eastern men between the ages of 18 and 45.

[vannrox]

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Yao Zhongyu, 1974
Always keep the gun firmly in hand


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