There was also a guy that planted a bomb in order to kill his wife. I'm guessing the number of weapons on U.S. planes that get by security run into the thousan

There was also a guy that planted a bomb in order to kill his wife. I'm guessing the number of weapons on U.S. planes that get by security run into the thousands every year. And before all the checks, probably the tens or hundreds of thousands per year. Looks extremely rare. I mean really, really extremely rare. Handful of examples and roughly 9 million U.S. airline flights last year[1] It'd be interesting to run some comparative statistics. I bet the odds show that you're safer with a plane full of gun owners, having their guns in holsters and loaded, than you are spending the same amount of time in each of those gun owners' homes. [1] http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/acts http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/acts