[tahiti]

"We have a soft belly. In effect, we do not, according to bin Laden, have the will or determination to do what is necessary to protect the safety and security of this nation."

This is true because all U.S. citizens have allowed an unconstitutional regulation to be implemented that prevents us from protecting ourselves.

That unconstitutional regulation is the prohibition of U.S. citizens "...right to keep and bear arms..." on an aircraft.

Box cutter wielding Arabs would have stood no chance of commandeering a commercial aircraft with maybe a third to half of the passengers exercising their constitutional right.

And do not give me that crap about "well, what if there is an accidental discharge, that will cause a crash."

An aircraft can sustain multiple bullet holes without experiencing a massive decompression that would destroy the aircraft during flight. See the article posted in this forum, two days ago, about the pilots association wishing to have pilots armed in the cockpit. That group also discounted the potential devasting effect of multiple bullet holes in an aircraft.

We will not be secure until we are armed.

[MissAmericanPie]

Here's a treat, I read an article that said pre 9-11 quite a few pilots flew armed, but now are banned from carrying.

Ya'll tell me the truth, isn't watching all this nonsense exactly like watching some weird cartoon? Are we living in a new novel written by the author of "Dr. Strange Love", and nobody is letting us in on the joke?

We and our country are at far too much risk to allow cartoon politicans, both State and National, to continue in a cartoon reality that the saner populace is expected to live in.

[stuartcr]

So there would be no problem if your family got caught in a cross-fire on-board this aircraft? You wouldn't want to sue anyone or demand justice from the citizen who shot your kids?