I would love the the TSA to do the pre-checkpoint screening here at PHX.

Citizens are legally allowed to carry sidearms with them inside the airport terminal as long as they are not going airside. Citizens can also carry the sidearms concealed.

Phoenix PD has also put the TSA on notice that they are not to be called by the TSA if someone is seen or found carrying a sidearm landside.

If they ever do try that nonsense at PHX, I am sure I could round up a few friends who have sidearms that would be more than happy to pay a visit to PHX with a gun in a backpack and submit to a search.

I would watch the hilarity ensue.