Should We Be Able to Board a Commercial Airplane With a Gun?

[ClydeFrog]

No...

The topic has been on TFL in the past, tempers flared & keyboard muscles flexed.

I say: NO but I do support the FFDO program and the concept of allowing LEOSA members(retired sworn LE), sworn/trained federal LE(with active arrest powers & LEAP standards), some active duty military service members(MPs, MAAs, tier-one/SOCOM/spec ops, CIDC or OSI agents, Security Forces/USAF).

I honestly think the FAMS, Air Marshal program should be cut. It is a huge waste of tax $$$ and it poorly run. An elected official stated on the House floor that FAMS arrests(criminal cases) work out to about $300,000,000.00 USD per arrest.

Regular citizens should not have concealed firearms or weapons on aircraft. The risks, civil-legal problems & safety would be too great.

CF

 

[Aguila Blanca]

I voted no way on this one. I don't think a person can carry enough insurance to cover the loss in an event that results in crash. And that only covers and AD.

So because you are worried about your insurance exposure, nobody else should be allowed to carry the means of self-defense on an aircraft? That seems rather illogical, IMHO.

 

[geetarman]

I vote no. Too many crazies want to make a political statement with a gun at 35000 feet. I don't want to be a part of that kind of protest.

 

[hardworker]

About like saying your banning guns- the only guns you'll be banning are from law abiding citizens!

Actually they've gotten pretty good at getting all guns off of planes since 9/11. Ask the handful or so of people who forget they're carrying and get arrested at the terminal.

All I know is that there have been no incidents in many years on a US plane that required a gun, not since 9/11. That means guns could at this point only negatively skew the statistics.

 

[Kreyzhorse]

Guns on a plane? No. Planes are simply too big of a target for those that would do us harm.

 

[L2R]

a whole different set of risks involved

no one would get sucked out of the plane but if a fire fight broke out, lack of oxygen or extreme cold could kill quickly. Oxygen deprevation makes people panic.

much as I like my 2A, I am against guns in planes. The risk to benefit ratio is significantly skewed.

I agree that I want mine back as soon as I land tho.

 

[manta49]

Definitely not whats to stop the guy bringing the firearm unto the aircraft doing a mass shooting. No brain-er i think air marshal yes any individual no. There is also the inevitability of negligent discharges bad at the range possibly disastrous on a aircraft.

 

[Ralgha]

Tell that to flight crew.

They routinely have to deal with people that believe in "sky law". (I can do whatever I want, because there aren't any police.)
The vast majority of 'crime' on commercial flights goes unreported, because it's a massive PITA for the crews (who don't get paid while they're on the ground).






(I'm not taking a side - just making a statement.)

It actually is pretty rare that anything significant happens. Mostly it's just some passenger who's upset over some stupid thing and raises their voice and argues for a few minutes. Technically yes, that could be illegal depending on the circumstances, but it's not really that big an issue.

IAAAE (I Am An Airline Employee)

 

[Glenn E. Meyer]

I read and was part of the THR debate. There is really nothing new to be said. It's been discussed into the dirt.

I'm making a call. I want the OP to read the THR thread and come back to me with something new that wasn't covered there.

PM me with an analysis and I'll consider reopening it.

Closed to avoid an unpleasant argument set.