TSA pat-downs.

[patrick0685]

+1

[henpecked]

http://www.2atees.com/TouchMyJunk.html

[Byte Stryke]

WIN!

[Ah Pook]

Hmmmmm, I see possibilities.

Hide your junk

[roberth]

Someone on Peter Boyles last week suggested the same thing using the Denver Police bomb disposal trailer. I think this is an excellent solution.

[theGinsue]

So, am I the only one totally okay with people not having guns on airplanes?

Yes. The only one.

OK...there might be one other person.

Due to the very real safety issues associated with the use of a firearm in the pressurized passenger cabin of commercial aircraft, I am against the presence of firearms in the possession of anyone on the plane (in the cargo area, no - it's fine). The solution is to provide or allow tazers to/for the passengers. Stun devices don't pose any danger of piercing the cabin but would certainly incapacitate someone.

[theGinsue]

Airline tickets need to come with warning labels like everything else does these days:

The Warning says: "Prior to boarding, passengers may be physically violated in a manner legally
consistent with sexual misconduct or subject to potential long term health risks and humiliation
from full body imaging found in security screening systems."

[Bailey Guns]

Due to the very real safety issues associated with the use of a firearm in the pressurized passenger cabin of commercial aircraft, I am against the presence of firearms in the possession of anyone on the plane (in the cargo area, no - it's fine). The solution is to provide or allow tazers to/for the passengers. Stun devices don't pose any danger of piercing the cabin but would certainly incapacitate someone.

I'm not an expert on the subject by any means and my comment to Stuart was tongue in cheek, BTW.

But everything I've heard from commercial pilots leads me to believe that bullets piercing the skin of an aircraft don't pose much of a threat to the safety of the aircraft. There's always the chance the bullet could damage a critical system or electrical wiring or something of that nature...but most systems are redundant.

I don't think there's a huge risk of depressurization from a bullet hole.

Again...that's just what I've read and heard. Of course, there are other risks.

My business partner is an FFDO...he's said a bullet hole (even more than one) through the skin of the plane is really not on the top of his list of worries if he were ever to fire his gun during a flight.

[TFOGGER]

It gets better:

http://www.vagabondish.com/tsa-rifle...nail-clippers/


I mourn the death of common sense....

[BigBear]

http://reason.com/blog/2010/11/22/as...or-holiday-tra