Amos; good link. Some very good information there.
Kendall, I agree. The use of the National Guard is out for me unless they went through one HELL of a lot of training.
I'd like to see the pilots armed too. The Sept.11th terrorists took over those planes with KNIVES for Gods sake. If only ONE of the pilots on each plane had been armed, it would not have happened.
I heard someone on the radio say that she was against the pilots having guns because it would only give the hijackers access to more weapons. I mean, they've hijacked a bloody plane and she's afraid that IF they could overpower the pilot it would give them more weapons.
I'm sorry, but people like that shouldn't be let out without their keeper. I'll probably take some flak for that last statement, but really,some folks are so afraid of guns that they will surrender their lives before they will admit that someone being armed MIGHT be a good idea.

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