[PJeffQ]

Guardsmen in all the airports I flew through had either sidearms or M-16s...

Not all of them had ammo apparently from some reports...

I know in one state where they had sidearms, M-16s were accessible easily by the other guardsmen on duty in the airport besides the ones at the checkpoint

[katnip]

I haven't been to an airport here in NY since 9/11 but from everything I hear, the Guardsmen have no ammo in the guns.

I have seen some in Penn Station, didn't see any weapons.