This is just another of Lear's use of Archie Bunker as his straw man, in order for Lear to push his own leftist views. "Arm all the passengers" ... if done, more than half would not even know how to check for ammo or know whether the safety is on or off. But it wasn't until after 09-11-2001 that airlines began using armed marshals, who know how to use their guns as well as what warranted situations they are thus justified. So there is a little something to the idea, but I don't think anyone was preposterous enough to really think passengers should be armed. The first problem would be many, likely most, of them would refuse to take a firearm, based on religion, personal belief, or knowing they were not capable of knowing when or how to use it. So Archie is that preposterous straw man so easy to knock down.
But for the Second Amendment, the Meathead was right at the time-- but Archie would be right today, and as of 2009, in the Hilliard v. Washington, D. C., case, in which the SP ruled that the amendment does promulgate the right of citizens to keep and bear arms.
But for the Second Amendment, the Meathead was right at the time-- but Archie would be right today, and as of 2009, in the Hilliard v. Washington, D. C., case, in which the SP ruled that the amendment does promulgate the right of citizens to keep and bear arms.