When Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to detonate plastic explosives concealed in his underwear on Northwest Airlines Flight 253, I saw public outcry for greater airport security. People saw yet another terrorist show airport security ineffective. They asked, “How could this have happened?” People paid to make solutions came up with ideas like ramping up airport security, and telling people they could no longer move during the last hour of flight.
Republicans and conservatives argue ardently for gun rights and against regulation and gun-free zones. But when it comes to airplanes, they sit quiet. Arguers for gun rights bring up the fact that every known statistic shows that neighborhoods under stricter gun controls have a higher incidence of violent crime. Criminals don’t mind the law, and know law abiding citizens are helpless. Similarly, terrorists target airplanes because they know that airport security has ensured that the people are absolutely helpless.
The solution to airborne terrorism is to allow individuals with concealed weapons licenses to use their officially licensed privileges and 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Any individual interested in “causing terror” above American skies will think twice. They will learn that personal freedom makes the American citizen truly courageous and powerful.
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