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Thanks all. Long and short of it...I guess I'll hope for a Wally world or something of that ilk when I am traveling out of state. Sorry for the duplicate post.
Don't forget that razor blades were the weapon of choice on 9/11.
To line airline passengers up and confiscate bottled water and pointy things is asinine to an absurd degree.
If the government was really interested in protecting us, every airline passenger would be issued his choice of a revolver, a can of mace, or a big knife. We'd have the safest air transportation system in the world.
That pilot accidentally discharging his gun on a plane last week speaks otherwise!! The long and the short of it is a determined terrorist can certainly kill a few passengers on a plane, and will always be able to do so. They could also kill a few folks in a mall or ballpark, or walking down the street. The idea is keeping them from killing everyone on a plane, or killing hundreds or thousands at once using the plane as a weapon.
That pilot accidentally discharging his gun on a plane last week speaks otherwise!!
The idea is keeping them from killing everyone on a plane, or killing hundreds or thousands at once using the plane as a weapon.
If that's the goal there is absolutely no question that arming flight crew members (and passengers) would do far more toward preventing September 11-style attacks than confiscating double-edge razor blades and hair gel.
If that's the goal there is absolutely no question that arming flight crew members (and passengers) would do far more toward preventing September 11-style attacks than confiscating double-edge razor blades and hair gel.
I wouldn't feel very safe if every idiot on a plane had a gun. I think my chances of injury or death would actually increase.
God save us from Americans more frightened of "us" than of "them."