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Re: More on Airport security.
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Fri, 12 Oct 2001 19:10:07 GMT
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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 citizens* to get them.
Of course, it might change some state lawmaker's minds on CCWs if flights
coming out of their airports are targetted by terrorists because they know the
chances of having an armed passenger on them is lower.
This doesn't even begin to cover overseas incoming flights, of course, as that
is a bigger can of worms.
Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In
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> http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-levy101201.shtml
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> 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.
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> 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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