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Comment on Understanding American Airport Security Following 9/11 (2019)parent

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If I'm going to blow up the plane I'm on, maybe I wouldn't care about poisoning myself a few hours before? As long as its slow enough acting.

This kind of insane fear is why flying (especially in/from/to America) has become so miserable.

Yeah anyone motivated to take down a plane can just buy a surface-to-air missile for a few grand.

You can't get those on aliexpress, but you can get drones. And laser pointers, a surprisingly effective anti-pilot weapon. And, of course, in America you've got a constitutional entitlement to as many small arms as you think you might need for ground-based terrorist attacks.

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