> I don’t know what exactly all of this is pretending to prevent. Pick your fallacy: - We've spent billions of dollars on this stuff. Surely we wouldn't have

> I don’t know what exactly all of this is pretending to prevent. Pick your fallacy: - We've spent billions of dollars on this stuff. Surely we wouldn't have done that unless it worked. - We've spent billions of dollars on this stuff. It'd be a shame to let that go to waste. - The TSA isn't perfect, but for every 30 handguns they let slip through they also successfully catch 1. That one could have taken over a plane. ...