issue with did you knows of course, and we have an issue with our openness. and both are things we need to address. the more that we say, oh can t we just make this stronger, harder and more secure, the less we re giving up on the possibility that one thing that we can address of course is, weapons, whether it s guns, cars or what ever else. both of them are par of the security mix right now. phil, i want to talk about the guns for a second. it s not just the number there are gun collectors who have guns, but there are some over the guns that are automatic in and of itself, the thousands of rounds of ammunition, then the explosives. all of that together and no one having any sense that was going on. the first 90% of that means nothing to me. we re not looking at individual case we re looking at 330 million americans. not only are we not going down
and then went all the way to rome alone. here is the bbc s danny savage. reporter: security around airports has always been tight. and even more so since the terrorist threat increased after 9/11. but this is the story of a schoolboy who arrived at manchester airport with no passport or travel documents, fooled security, and took off on a flight. these things do happen. the security mix is human and it s also machine. and occasionally people who work here in this industry fail to, to come up with the goods when it is necessary. reporter: the boy s journey began at his home in the wythenshawe, manchester, a short distance from the airport. it was while the jet flight was airborne, en route to rome, that it raised alarm. the boy was kept on board in rome and flown back home. this is the place where passengers are meant to be checked first time as they go air side. at this point they re meant to show a boarding card.