Air Travel down 75% yet gun confiscation rates triple

[Rich2018]

Well this is easy to sort out:

1. Only an idiot would try to carry a firearm through a TSA checkpoint.
2. Only an idiot would fly now if they didn't absolutely have to.

It all adds up.

Sadly America is full of idiots. One way they can be identified is carrying a gun on their person*



*LEOs excepted.
(and before a certain poster gets smart and says why not Pisces too, LEO stands for Law Enforcement Officer).

 

[Noodlegawd]

Sadly America is full of idiots. One way they can be identified is carrying a gun on their person*



*LEOs excepted.
(and before a certain poster gets smart and says why not Pisces too, LEO stands for Law Enforcement Officer).

How does that make one an idiot? What's the downside?

By the way, I assume you're lumping into that category anyone who has (or claims to have) a carry permit, right?

 

[Rich2018]

How does that make one an idiot? What's the downside?

By the way, I assume you're lumping into that category anyone who has (or claims to have) a carry permit, right?

Downside for the other passengers on an airplane where one person has a loaded gun....?

 

[Noodlegawd]

Downside for the other passengers on an airplane where one person has a loaded gun....?

Which part of your silly comment limited it to people who carry on airplanes? Let's take a closer look:

Sadly America is full of idiots. One way they can be identified is carrying a gun on their person*

Nope, no mention of "on an airplane" there.

 

[Rich2018]

Which part of your silly comment limited it to people who carry on airplanes? "

IDK - maybe the THREAD TITLE: "Air Travel down 75%..."


Maybe that - if you bothered to READ.

 

[Bum]

I tend to think it has to do with the decreased volume that is allowing more detailed screenings resulting in the uptick.

Valid point.

 

[Redwing]

Looks like many Americans are starting to figure out they are responsible for their own protection. A friend that works at an airport says he had never seen so many travelers filling out the forms and checking their guns in locked luggage at the check in desk.
It would be very interesting to discover where these travelers were heading.
Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis, Atlanta, and my personal favorite, Chicago?

 

[Robertinfremont]

Are you saying an airline passenger has the right to bear arms ?

In airplanes for commerce, the arms are stored in the baggage compartment not in the area of the passengers and also are unloaded.