Originally Posted by
joshwex90
How is a gun, with no ammo, in a locked box in a checked bag, any more or less dangerous or more or less likely to facilitate more or less killings in a short period of time, than anything else?
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A handgun as you describe is just a chunk of metal and plastic. But, it is permitted to carry ammo with that handgun in the same checked baggage. I see no reason to change those rules at this point in time. With 2 million people flying each day the event doesn't even blip on the radar. We cannot create enough rules to prohibit each and every threat. If we try then freedom of movement will be severely restricted.