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Subject:	*Re: The militia* saved flight 93 from a worse fate...**
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Fri, 21 Sep 2001 17:12:30 GMT
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... however they did this without guns. So how does the firearms discussion get into this article? I suspect the author has some hidden agenda, and is trying to capitalize on the current rage. If so, shame on him ... Other than that, I think the article has some good points. Plane hijacking will never be what it was before, in that there is no chance to know what makes sense as a reaction. So, the only idea that comes to my mind is to prevent hijacking in the first place. As has been said, in this area we can probably learn from Israel's airline El Al. However, we also have to try and imagine what else terrorists could come up with, to improve security ... Greetings Horst

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		Re: The militia saved flight 93 from a worse fate...
(...) One might wonder how much less destruction there would have been on 11 September if some or many of the passengers had been armed. Even assuming that the terrorists were also, there were many more passengers than madmen. I'd prefer those odds. (...) (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: The militia saved flight 93 from a worse fate...
(...) Not following you there. The author was making a point about who the militia was, a point that many (with their prattle about the militia being exclusively the National Guard) miss, or worse, deliberately distort. (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: The militia saved flight 93 from a worse fate...
(...) If those defenders had had a chance to have guns (even if many restrictions were placed as to gun type, load type, training, etc), they might have had a better chance of stopping the terrorists. Who knows, they MIGHT have had a chance to land (...) (23 years ago, 22-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		*The militia* saved flight 93 from a worse fate...**
Here is an op-ed sure to make some folks foam... (URL) not me... This writer gets what the militia is. (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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