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Re: The *militia* saved flight 93 from a worse fate...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 23 Sep 2001 11:25:20 GMT
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Greetings Horst,
> Well, I don't want to dive into a firearms discussion here. What I wanted to
> oppose is the idea that air travel is safer when firearms are allowed to be
> taken into planes by passengers.
I see that you oppose the idea. And I see that you don't want to substantiate
such a claim. Fine. But I can and will (and have!) substantiated the
opposite claim. People are in fact safer when guns are plentiful (at least in
the US -- and seemingly, Afghanistan).
> > > Maybe a few armed policemen, conservatively clothed, but certainly not the
> > > larger public ...
> >
> > I'm not entirely opposed to sky marshals, but I'd rather the airlines supply
> > the guards. That way each consumer could choose to pay or not pay for the
> > added security.
>
> And how can people working in skyscrapers be more safe when people decide to
> NOT pay for it?
By arming their skyscrapers, of course. :-)
Chris
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