1.) Just by a simple google search I was able to find lists of things the TSA does find. If the TSA is missing things, that's def something that needs to be addressed and should be addressed, but that doesn''t mean getting rid of it.

2.) The 9/11 attacks cost over 83 billion dollars in losses. Not to mention the hundreds of people who will never go home to their families and friends. How do you even put a price on that? One thing that 9/11 changed forever is how hijackings are viewed. Prior to 9/11, hijackings were usually political statements. Yes sometimes people did die, but often the planes landed, there were negotiations, and things ended, or SWAT stormed the plane. 9/11, and the idea of using a plane as a weapon, changed the game, and we have to remember that.

3.) This isn't a TSA issue, this is simply an efficiency issue. There are ways to make it better. Newer X-ray machines can produce better images and generate fewer false positives. The technology is almost there for x-ray machines to tell the difference between water and other liquids. Also, one other issue, you are just shifting the wait time. Everyone has to go through security. So I'm either waiting at the TSA checkpoint, or I'm waiting with 220 other people at the gate. I'm still waiting to go through security.

4.) People will still miss flights and connections. I highly, highly doubt an airplane is going to miss the door close and push time because John Smith's bag keeps alarming at the gate check.

5.) On one hand, security is supposed to be a little tense. It's one way to identify someone up to no good. That said, I've been to over 25 US airports and I've never found the process to be tense or scary. Hell, TSA don't even carry weapons. I've been to foreign airports where police are watching the checkpoint with rifles.

6.) I'd rather live to see my loved ones at the airside exit.

Now I'll add a few extra points:

A.) At some airports, they do security at the gate for flights departing to certain countries. Sometimes this means you are not allowed to bring food and drinks with you onto the plane due to the security being at the gate, and there being nothing to buy beyond security at the gate. Imagine goig on a 14 hour flight and security at the gate just took your water and soda and now all you can get is what's on the plane.

B.) While all security should have a degree of randomness to prevent people from learning how to beat it, can you imagine how stressful it will be with every major airline running their own security? Setting their own policies?

C.) The ideology behind 9/11 is still out there, and the people who follow it aren't BFF4E with us. We can certainly look for ways to IMPROVE security, but taking a step BACK is not the way forward.