You invoked "the public's will". Last I checked, TSA was nearly universally despised, airlines in particular are dubiously popular, and aside from the ATF and

You invoked "the public's will". Last I checked, TSA was nearly universally despised, airlines in particular are dubiously popular, and aside from the ATF and FCC, I see more griping about the tyrannical tendencies of the FAA by those subject to it's capriciousness, no matter how well justified one may think it to be. Point being, I'd refrain from making assimptions on the "Public's" behalf, when it's more "a bunch of bureaucrats" dictating things.