He wasn’t carrying a bomb.
Maybe he just wanted to protect himself.
I think that these days, everyone on board should be carrying.
No terrorist is going to hijack a plane full of armed passengers.
You want the ROP representatives with guns on an airplane? I understand your point, but, everyone on a plane with guns! No, better yet, increase the number of air marshals on each flight. Train and arm flight attendants and pilots might be a better way to do.
That is what should have happened from the beginning.
Instead, they chose the classic liberal stance of trying to take everything away from everybody (except themselves, of course).