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Re: The *militia* saved flight 93 from a worse fate...
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Date: 
Fri, 21 Sep 2001 18:07:17 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Horst Lehner writes:

... however they did this without guns. So how does the firearms discussion
get into this article?

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.

Chris



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  Re: The *militia* saved flight 93 from a worse fate...
 
Hello Chris, (...) Given the fact that even in the Sep. 11 disaster, less people were probably killed than are killed in a "normal" year by use of guns in the US, I tend to prefer NOT to legalize taking firearms into planes. Maybe a few armed (...) (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: The *militia* saved flight 93 from a worse fate...
 
(...) Sheer madness! Bruce (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: The *militia* saved flight 93 from a worse fate...
 
... 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 (...) (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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