Brendan Koerner

journalist and author of “The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking”

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There are parallels between the fight over airline regulations and today’s debate over gun safety, says journalist Brendan Koerner.

Airport security used to be lax. What that change could mean for gun control

There are parallels between the fight over airline regulations and today’s debate over gun safety, says journalist Brendan Koerner.

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