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More on Airport security.
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Fri, 12 Oct 2001 15:57:09 GMT
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In
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-levy101201.shtml
Levy makes the case some of us here have been making, starting with the
example of two airlines, one "gun free" and the other "armed pilots and
marshals" and suggesting that most rational passengers are going to choose
the latter, given a choice.
But he goes on to explain why just marshals would be quite costly and
suggests a different solution. It is quite similar to what has been
suggested here, right down to the notion of special weapons that don't
damage fuselages or important structural or mechanical components.
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| I see a severe problem with his terms for armed passengers. He said a passenger should have a CCW permit. Great for states that easily allow *lawful citizens* to get them, but not so great for the many states that make it near impossible for *lawful (...) (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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