Last Monday morning at Hartsfield‑Jackson Atlanta International Airport – the world’s busiest airport – U.S. law-enforcement officials intercepted a male suspect before he could execute what appears to have been a planned mass shooting inside the terminal. According to the Atlanta Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 49-year-old Billy Joe Cagle of Cartersville, Georgia, entered the airport after posting on social media that he intended to “shoot up” the terminal. His family alerted authorities, and law enforcement tracked and arrested him inside the terminal; an AR-15-style rifle and ammunition were later recovered from his parked truck.

Image provided by the Atlanta Police Department

From my vantage point as a former Federal Air Marshal who has presented countless

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