Originally Posted by
jfunk138
How is it any different on the ground than in the air in the scenario you propose? Madman with a weapon goes crazy, people die.
Exactly. And then what happens? You see stupid laws passed. After Rep. Giffords and those other people in Arizona were shot what happened? Wailing, gnashing of teeth, "how did this happen", "there out to be a law", and moves to ban things. Standard response.
Originally Posted by jfunk138
Based on your logic we'd screen people for ceramic knives before leaving their homes.
You don't get it. I'm not suggesting it because it's something I support. I'm saying that it's what happens in the aftermath of an event. Instead of just accepting that there is risk in the world and living with it you see crazy laws passed and you end up with things like the TSA.
Scaling back the TSA won't work until we're willing to have the powers that be explain the concept of "security theater" and "acceptable risk" to the public. And they'll never do that.
