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Originally Posted by Paq
This is exactlywhy i feel a pilot being the only armed person on a plane is MUCH safer than john Q public who shoots at the guy that looked suspicious and hits a fuel line sending the plane down as a fireball from the heavens..
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While I appreciate the seriousness of shooting a gun on a plane,
a) John Q CCW holder would be liable for shooting a "guy that looked suspicious" on the street same as he would on an airplane...yet how many CCW holders get arrested for this? Answer...one that I can think of over the last ten years.
b) Your hyperbole imagery is exactly that...hyperbole. You've been watching too many movies. Even with armor piercing ammo, it would be next to impossible to bring down a plane with a pistol. Even a shot through the fusilage wouldn't cause an explosion or even a catastrophic decompression. Make CCW owners carry frangible ammo onboard and you remove even this 1 in a billion possibility.
Christ, people, why are you less afraid of asshats who carry guns illegally than you are of people who jump through all the legal loopholes to do so legally?? Are you equally afraid of chefs charging out of the kitchen at your local Denny's or IHOP and slicing up the guests with an 8 inch chef's knife??