Emilio T. González, Director and CEO of the Miami-Dade Aviation Department, said on the radio tonight that although he himself has a FL CCW, he cannot support a repeal of firearm restrictions in the "land-side" terminal areas at MIA. Land-side means everything that's not on the "Air-Side", i.e., the supposedly secure areas past the X-Ray machines.
His reasoning seemed to be two-fold.
One, that an airport is no place for weapons of any kind generally, and
Two, that civilans with firearms could be mistaken as the bad guy by any one of the myriad LEO agencies handling airport security: (of which there are no less than a dozen by my count).
I might have added (Three, that civilians might have bad aim, or poor judgement, but González didn't bring that up.)
And I'm for airport carry, in case you were wondering...
Anyway, González comes across like a reasonable person, with well thought-out views, (perhaps "well-rehearsed" political views?), but when it came to CCW at the baggage claim, I didn't personally find his reasoning to be particularly compelling or likely to change very many minds. But, here's a guy with a CCW, and he's both against guns in unsecured airport areas and he's in a position of power to be heard. Not a great combination.
I looked for the audio link but it's not posted.
It was either on WLRN-FM or possibly WIOD-AM. About 8PM tonight local South Florida time.