Dustin, Thanks for the background. I do hope you and your family stay safe.
As for the idea of private citizens being allowed to carry firearms on planes--a proposal I heard being applauded on a talk show recently--, the idea terrifies me. If the passengers on those planes that hit the Pentagon and the towers had surmised the hijackers' intent, I can't imagine they would have allowed the cockpit to be taken over, even though the hijackers had knives. --- They were going to die, anyway! Unfortunately, they did not know it!
Armed guards on planes, yes. Passengers with concealed weapons, heavens, no! For one thing, under current law, those hijackers probably could have obtained concealed carry permits in some states!
Moreover, people are on edge right now and it would be too easy for armed passengers to shoot first and ask questions later. If you are, as I am, worried about the safety of middle-eastern-looking people, don't you imagine that the so-called "vigilantes" out there ("terrorists" would be more apt) would be a greater threat to them if they (the vigilantes) were armed?

Back to your song, actually, I appreciated it as parody. I had some fear (before the missile strikes) that we might end up backing the Taliban to get Bin Laden, just as we backed them and Bin Laden to fight the Soviets.

Genie