Don't Let the Pilot Shoot You

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<p>Shouldn’t the objective be to keep guns off of planes?</p>

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<p>Actually, doesn’t the Second Amendment guarantee the right to take guns (or private rocket launchers) on planes?</p>

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<p>mini, try it; report back.</p>

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<p>Maybe someone here should take it up with the NRA.</p>

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<p>Maybe the pilot should take an NRA firearm training program. There’s really no good excuse for a gun to ‘accidentally’ discharge.</p>

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<p>Yes, the pilot needs some retraining. Any quality gun should not fire when dropped if properly stowed. That said, the program gives hijackers something else to ponder–the pilot just might have a loaded gun.</p>

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<p>That’s why all passengers should be armed with concealed weapons - it is their Second Amendment right, and should cut down on airline incidents.</p>

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<p>Sore about another Supreme Court defeat for the lefties? They haven’t even voted yet. We do have passengers with concealed weapons. They are called Air Marshalls.</p>

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<p>But why not everyone else? When did the Second Amendment stop at the airport door?</p>

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<p>The Second Amendment stopped at the door when people started hijacking planes to Cuba in the late 60s.</p>

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<p>since I was on a flight from Denver to Charlotte on SUNDAY, this was quite a surprising article to read today…the UA/USAir co-share flight attendants didn’t mention this to us on our flight…hmmm??. I hope we find out what happened…this is the first thing that came to mind back when they announced that pilots would start carrying guns…jeez.</p>

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<p>Bingo. </p>

<p>This is not a surprise. It’s great that no one was injured, though.</p>

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<p>“The Second Amendment stopped at the door when people started hijacking planes to Cuba in the late 60s.”</p>

<p>If people had guns, especially concealed weapons, they could defend against it. (I mean, isn’t that exactly the argument in the DC case - that government regulation intruded on the rights of citizens to defend themselves?) There are crazies who do crazy things on planes, and the rights of citizens to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.</p>

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<p>Arm every adult passenger with a single-shot .22 hand gun. I can guarantee there will never be a hijacking again.</p>

<p>I’m only about 75% joking about this…</p>

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<p>Much too small, and besides, the plane might be attacked while on the ground. Rocket-propelled grenades are equally protected by the Second Amendment.</p>

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And before you lean your seat back, you’ve got to ask yourself a question: “Do I feel lucky? Well, do you, punk?”</p>

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<p>Yeah, and I DARE you to try to stow your carry on baggage under your OWN seat instead of the seat in front of you, or paint your nails while on the plane so we all get gassed, or let your kid kick the back of my seat during the entire flight…</p>

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<p>“Arm every adult passenger with a single-shot .22 hand gun. I can guarantee there will never be a hijacking again.”</p>

<p>Single-shot .22s are what most children at camp learn to fire safely. If it were Kluge in the seat behind me mouthing off with Clint Eastwood lines, I would feel much less safe.</p>

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You’ve obviously been on some of the same flights as me - these are three of my biggest flight peeves.</p>

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<p>Seats should not recline period. Except maybe in First Class where there still is a little room.</p>