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?
A gun with ammo -- not a gun without ammo -- in a passenger cabin is generally more of an issue than a Swiss Army knife when it comes to that.
The point is that not all weapons or dual-use items are an equal threat to all other weapons and dual-use items. My keys can be pretty deadly if used in some ways, but I'm pretty sure my guns are generally a more effective tool than keys in being deadly on a larger scale in a shorter time frame if the aim of the individual using the tool is to kill.
I am certainly not a fan of another knee-jerk TSA rule being introduced because of an actual or supposed attack at an airport or on a plane -- that goes for this attack at FLL too.