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Old Oct 8, 2013, 8:03 am
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jkhuggins
 
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Originally Posted by JObeth66
Think about it, though, statistically. That's approximately 1 person per day, with approximately 2 million people per day flying in the US. 1 out of 2 million forgets a gun. Miniscule.
That assumes that all 2 million travelers per day have a gun to forget.

Don't get me wrong ... I think the statistical occurrence of guns at checkpoints versus number of passengers is still very low. But, then again, so is the rate of hijackings or other acts of mischief against commercial aircraft.
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