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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 19:24:24 GMT
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Hello Chris, > One might wonder how much less destruction there would have been on 11 > September if some or many of the passengers had been armed. 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 policemen, conservatively clothed, but certainly not the larger public ... Greetings Horst

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		Re: The militia saved flight 93 from a worse fate...
(...) I think you're going to have a hard time proving that statistic to actually be true, or if it is, that it's a causal link, or if it is a causal link, that banning guns would actually make any difference (plowed ground alert). However, on a (...) (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: The militia saved flight 93 from a worse fate...
(...) In 1999, there were 8,718 firearm related homocides in the US. So you're probably right. But the broad-picture statistics suggest that as the concealed-carry rate increases, the violent crime rate decreases. So I'd claim that that high number (...) (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...
(...) 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)

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