Gun carrying Passengers
The thread on the secret service agent denied boarding because of discrepancies in his paperwork has become a little bogged down in the racial angle.
Would anyone like to comment on whether the US policy of allowing off-duty law-enforcement personnel to carry firearms on board is a good idea? There seem to be two very obvious drawbacks. firstly, how difficult would it be to obtain false documents to "permit" a gun on board. Second it would only take a moments inattention to place a gun in the wrong hands.
This secret service agent wasn't protecting the president on this flight. Why did he need to be carrying a gun in the first place?