The TSA and their rules are just a prep for the rest of the country.
Your little green army men with their little green guns from when you were a kid may some day get you in real trouble when they start searching your house like they search luggage at airports. 
Maybe I shouldn't of put that in green, maybe it will happen.
Its how we act now that will keep that statement in green instead of black! I try to avoid crap that treats people with toy guns for toy soldiers as criminals. I haven't flown within the country in two years, although I've had some long trips. I took a boat to Europe rather than fly last year. Took a decently powerful CAD computer with me, and got a fair amount of work done in the extra two weeks it took vs taking a plane.
I'd be calling/writing politicians if I were in N.Y.
If they didn't listen, I'd be moving. We do have 57 states, although I haven't been to all 57. There are less nutty states to move to.