Weapons Rules Eased At Dulles and National

Hey, Security Moms! Feel safer now?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13174-2004Oct6.html

Weapons Rules Eased At Dulles and National

By Steven Ginsberg and Karin Brulliard
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, October 7, 2004; Page B01

People soon will be able to carry guns and other dangerous weapons onto the grounds and parking lots of Reagan National and Dulles International airports, after officials yesterday eased what they said were overly restrictive rules.

Without debate, the board of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority unanimously agreed to permit passengers and other airport visitors to carry guns, knives and other weapons as long as they keep them out of terminals and other buildings that access airfields.

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The action comes after pressure from an increasingly high-profile Virginia gun rights group whose members have taken to wearing firearms on their hips in public places to make their case.

when flying (unloaded, in checked baggage, of course) if you can't take it into the terminal?

/remembers flying out of Dulles with a suitcase full of guns

As the article points out, the old regs barred any weapons (incl. pocket knives) while traveling on Rt28 or the Toll Road, even if you weren't going to the airport.

All the regs do now is clarify that terminals are sterile areas. The place is crawling with police, anyway, so nothing is going to happen right outside the terminal.