"Brian Nystrom" wrote in message
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BTW, I own firearms and have no qualms about
carrying one for personal protection if need be, but armed passengers on
airplanes (other than police & sky marshals) is not going to make flying
safer.



Just an aside here...I figure that, instead of a 'terrorist' watch, there
ought to be a list of 'trusted passengers'; people who have passed a
recommendation, security check and weapons training. Then, whenever they
fly, the friendly people at the magnetic door, instead of confiscating their
nail files and key chain, hand them a .22 or .357 or whatever and a handful
of bullets.

Then, if some hijacker wannabe pulls out a gun on a flight of say, 300
people, he will suddenly be facing about 150 handguns pointed at his sorry
face. That might put a kibosh on it. Even if he manages to get one or two
guns away from folks, he still isn't going anywhere.

Just a thought.

--riverman