STC To have an anti-gun stance is not in itself foolish. That, is in fact a very healthy state of affairs.
Having carried a gun for many years one ceases to imbue it with magical powers and treat it for the inanimate object it is. I simply would contestyour 'fact/statistic that placing a gun in a cockpit ... will result in more deaths than terrorism.
The 'long time' was rather open ended but with over three thousand deaths in 9/11 I would say that accidental discharges will have quite a bit of catching up to do.
As to the emotive paranoid culture there's another of those buzzwords coming... Steve Seagal. Boy you really are pushing those buttons.
It definitely is not an overwhelming need. It is simply a recognition that there is a new threat/danger to consider and whether there are reasonable cost effective safe methods of adressing it. I have rather carelessly found myself in the pro-gun side but it is a problem that should be adressed and is not going to dissapear because people like you do not like guns and simply want the problem to go somewhere else.