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(Graphs at link)

All because of the Fort Lauderdale airport massacre.

Most people have no idea that peaceable Americans like me travel with guns in their checked baggage all the time, and NOTHING bad happens. Now, you watch, the governments will start taking away another freedom based on a bogus push poll.

When they do it, I will refuse to fly anywhere. Even if it gets me fired at work. This country is full of such stupid Chicken Littles who would trade the sanctity of their mother's marriage bed for a little security. I'm sick of them.

1 posted on 01/10/2017 3:09:49 PM PST by backwoods-engineer
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The baggage is inaccessible during the flight. No big deal.


2 posted on 01/10/2017 3:11:30 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Recall John McCain. NOW, before he gets us in WWIII.)
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and so it goes. Denying law abiding Americans yet another right to protect themselves while traveling. All in the name of public safety.

Good going uncle sugar.


3 posted on 01/10/2017 3:12:16 PM PST by servantboy777
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Most Americans, including half of independents and Republicans

Where do they get these figures? I don't know one firearm owner who would support this ban

4 posted on 01/10/2017 3:12:33 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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I don’t think that Americans are going to suddenly back more gun control.

We have a four-year reprieve now.

After four years, the subject might be back.


5 posted on 01/10/2017 3:12:58 PM PST by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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>>This country is full of such stupid Chicken Littles who would trade the sanctity of their mother’s marriage bed for a little security. I’m sick of them.

I couldn’t say it any better.

Ban Islam, not guns.


6 posted on 01/10/2017 3:13:37 PM PST by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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The Uninformed Ignorant Sheep have spoken.

As I’ve said before, if the guy flew in, rented a Car from Hertz and ran down and killed scores of people crossing the street or on the sidewalk to get to the Terminal, would these same dolts think that Rental Cars at the Airport should be outlawed?


7 posted on 01/10/2017 3:14:00 PM PST by Kickass Conservative ( Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
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It’s not the gun, it’s the mohammaden with the gun.


8 posted on 01/10/2017 3:14:48 PM PST by Eagles6 (My weapons are lubricated by liberal tears.)
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This is ridiculous.


9 posted on 01/10/2017 3:16:08 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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That’s because they are not given all the information. Hunters routinely take their guns in checked baggage. If they would cite the trillion passenger miles flow between shootings caused by checked weapons they would think differently.

Also, this was a perfect example of the FBI & Military failure. He should have never been traveling in the first place. I would not be surprised if the next time we see him that he will be hopped up on psychotropic with his brain fried and looking like the Arizona and Colorado shooters.


10 posted on 01/10/2017 3:17:48 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Dan Rather, a 60 Minutes Investigative Reporter for CBS, invented "Fake News"-fake but accurate.)
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“This country is full of such stupid Chicken Littles who would trade the sanctity of their mother’s marriage bed for a little security.”

Indeed, especially since it’s not going to fix the general problem at all. Anyone can just carry a gun into the baggage area from outside the airport! It’s very unusual for someone to fly to a destination and then attack there... In this case it was a psychotic individual who would have already had his weapon confiscated in a sane world.

In most cases, a general terrorist type would probably just drive a few hours to an airport and then go from there - no checked gun required.

“I’m sick of them.”

Me too. Regardless, I doubt that checked handguns will be banned given the makeup of Congress and the current climate in the US.


11 posted on 01/10/2017 3:17:51 PM PST by PreciousLiberty (Make America Greater Than Ever!)
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Fake news

Poll times to take advantage of oddball in incident.

Stinks to high heaven.


13 posted on 01/10/2017 3:19:31 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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14 posted on 01/10/2017 3:20:12 PM PST by PROCON (Onto the Great American Rebirth!)
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Congratulations, you just directed more traffic to this libtard’s blog.............


19 posted on 01/10/2017 3:23:14 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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In ALL American airports I have flown in to ANYONE can walk in to the baggage claim anytime they want.

What is amazing is that somehow we still all get our bags with zero checking or security.


20 posted on 01/10/2017 3:24:53 PM PST by Organic Panic (Rich White Man Evicts Poor Black Family From Public Housing - MSNBCPBSCNNNYTABC)
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The Constitution?


21 posted on 01/10/2017 3:25:06 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (Imagine that!)
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so now legitimate polls are back ?


23 posted on 01/10/2017 3:27:25 PM PST by stylin19a (Hey obamas-it's Ray Charles time - "Hit the Road Jack"...you know the rest)
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How are hunters supposed to travel?


25 posted on 01/10/2017 3:28:23 PM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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Guns in checked baggage are NOT accessible during flight. Therefore those guns can not shoot anyone.

On the other hand, bombs with a timer device in checked baggage can bring down the entire aircraft. IIRC, this has already happened a few times in the past.


27 posted on 01/10/2017 3:29:23 PM PST by entropy12 (POTUS Trump...the most real world business experience in 100 years.)
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Quick knee jerk poll taking advantage of raging emotions. To me, the question is not why or how he had a gun but why wasn’t an armed person there to oppose him? Take away the ability to transport weapons and you hollow out the intent of national reciprocity and increase the number of helpless victims.


28 posted on 01/10/2017 3:29:27 PM PST by Boomer One ( ToUsesn)
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As far as I know, baggage carousels are in non-secure areas, anyone could walk in from the street.

30 posted on 01/10/2017 3:32:11 PM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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