[drt1]

Sounds like a good thing to me. Now any perp thinking of hijacking or bombing will have to consider the possibility of an armed hostage.

[Unknown_quantity_UK]

Although equally it could be said that now we are allowing potential hostage takers onto busses with firearms.

[NativeTexun]

This decision of Houston Metro reminds me of a casino bus that was hijacked on the way to Shreveport a few years ago. A cell phone saved the day on that one. One of the passengers called police via her cell.

Imagine if the idiots tried to pull off that stunt and got a barrel in their face!