Why do the screeners need guns. We havent had any Red Dawn style attacks. Any of the incidents that the TSA claims to have averted have been done calmly without guns.
Another thing that people don't consider is that there are a decent number of people in the military that I would do not want my mother ever interacting with. When I was in the Army the majority of junior enlisted didn't know to act properly in society. They are good at shooting guns and what not, but there are a lot of hooligans who behave only good enough to not get in trouble with their superiors and that is their only moral compass. Sure they are good at killing evil doers, but they are not the kind of people that are ready for doing business with the public.
Last edited by Upstate; Jul 14, 2011 at 1:26 pm