I can't believe the amount of comment on this subject without knowing the facts. What exactly did he say? Was it for example "If you touch that pen knife I will shoot you". Or maybe it was "You will certainly find my gun with this good security you have here". If it was the former, he should have been given the full works. If it was the latter, the security officer should have replyed with an equally flipant remark and ignored it. Lets face it, being processed through the cattle market of todays air travel preliminaries with all the hassle it entails (and yes all of it is necessary) is pretty stressful and lets face it, if you find your nose hair clippers being confiscated by some little hitler behind a desk (which some of them are - yes we all have them) it is very easy to make a sarky remark and no doubt regret it immediately after. Allowances should be made by everyone in these stressful times.