Should A American Citizen With No Disqualifyers Be Able to Board a Train,Bus or Plane With a Gun?

[IJ1981]

Per the 2nd Amendment the answer is yes.

Your answer, THR?

 

[Rubone]

If those were all government run, then yes. But when privately operated then most likely no as per ownership rules.

 

[AlexanderA]

I don't know about trains or busses, but planes are too vulnerable. Letting people board with guns would, at best, bring back the "golden age" of hijacking. Buy a ticket to Chicago and end up in Cuba. At worst, you'd have a replay of 9/11. (Unless you issued everybody a gun as they boarded.) Seriously, no.

 

[Old Dog]

Always wanted to visit Cuba, one of the daughters has been there... I like good cigars, nice beaches, salsa dancing and Mojitos, so...

Seriously, yes. The sole reason airplane hijackers have succeeded is because they know everyone else on the plane is unarmed.

 

[Blue Brick]

Private citizens? No. Never had an issue with the pilot having a firearm.

 

[Blue Brick]

Per the 2nd Amendment the answer is yes.

Your answer, THR?

You do come up with a lot of hypotheticals and what ifs to post on this forum.

 

[RikSors]

I voted YES but NO on a plane.

Don’t want to poke holes in a pressurized cabin.

 

[Styx]

I'm not getting on any plane where anyone else is carrying a firearm. If it were legal for federal ran planes, those airlines wouldn't turn a profit. Train and bus, why not?

Per the question, I voted "no."

 

[Hokkmike]

Not on airplanes

 

[Jerkstore]

Not on airplanes only because an accidental shot could kill everyone on board. That's why I voted no. Otherwise I would vote yes.

 

[jmr40]

If the screening process to determine the "No Disqualifiers" were much more thorough maybe.

 

[CDW4ME]

Me? Absolutely.

Others? Not so much. Lots of people are psychotic, volatile, aggressive, drugged. (which is why we carry)

Airplane, train, bus? LOL, no thanks, I'm driving.

 

[rayatphonix]

Like many of the others I voted no because I don’t believe firearms should be carried on a plane. Otherwise my answer would be yes.

 

[Buzznrose]

I am good with busses and trains. Like others, not on commercial planes…. One of my personal goals in life is to never get on a commercial airplane again…but wife wants to go to Israel when we retire so hopefully just that last trip.

 

[DoubleMag]

Ok! Who says a-ok for a taser carry on a plane! WHO ISa WITH ME??!!! LoL hahaha

 

[tws3b2]

Private citizens? No. Never had an issue with the pilot having a firearm.

I would like to agree with you. But, Is the pilot not a "Private Citizen"? That would be like saying Cops should have firearms but not "Private Citizens".
Freedom Is Not Easily Regulated.

 

[AlexanderA]

Me? Absolutely.

Others? Not so much. Lots of people are psychotic, volatile, aggressive, drugged. (which is why we carry)

And there you have it. This correlates with my theory that guns are a "zero-sum game." In other words, you are stronger if you are armed, but everyone else is disarmed. The goal of this game is to arm yourself while disarming the other guy. One thing is just as important as the other.

Both the pro- and antigun sides of the gun issue play this game, but from radically different perspectives. The antigunners emphasize the disarming part, with the unspoken understanding that they themselves would be exempt. The pro-gunners emphasize the arming part, with the unspoken understanding that certain categories of social undesirables (and not just felons) would be denied.

Underlying both sides is a kind of antidemocratic elitism.

 

[GEM]

Not a plane for the technical risk. You can get off a bus or train. Too easy for a large massacre on a plane that an relatively untrained (as most carriers are) probably couldn't deter. Put 5 terrorists with G17s and higher capacity mags on a 777 and you have a J frame. So that's a very specific limitation.

 

[bearcreek]

Per the 2nd Amendment the answer is yes.

That is incorrect. The 2A is meant to restrict the government, not the people or private companies.

 

[hso]

Per the 2nd Amendment the answer is yes.

Per the 2A the answer is, It depends.

Private property like planes would make it the discretion of the company that owns/operates the aircraft.
Many bus companies are private and would have to make the decision. "Public" bus systems run by governments would be subject to different rules.
Some trains and train lines are private property. Amtrak and other government operated train systems could be different.

The question is over simplified and ignores the complexity of private vs. public transportation systems.

 

[IJ1981]

Very intresting, civil, level handed replies. I was relieved when I read the responses early this morning. No one calling for an immediate strait jacket and a fast trip to Bellevue!

But that is the politeness on this forum . I personally would have no problem with carrying a gun onto a plane with other passenger's and the crew. Same with busses and trains.

And the poll is about equally divided. Another positive.

 

[The Night Rider]

Always wanted to visit Cuba, one of the daughters has been there... I like good cigars, nice beaches, salsa dancing and Mojitos, so...

Seriously, yes. The sole reason airplane hijackers have succeeded is because they know everyone else on the plane is unarmed.

They haven't succeeded since 9/11.

 

[The Night Rider]

If you can legally purchase firearm I support your right to carry it at your discretion.

I also support the rights of property owners to prohibit the practice on their property.

 

[hutch51]

Bus - Yes.
Train - Yes.
Plane - Yes, with an armored bulkhead behind the cockpit. The pilot is a single point of failure.
I'm driving.

 

[The Night Rider]

Per the 2nd Amendment the answer is yes.

Where'd you get your law degree bro?