[oceanview]

so let me get this straight, you want every passenger on air flights to have guns? how many shootouts are we going to have amongst irate or drunken passengers?

how about we just limit it to the pilots and the air marshalls.

[snopercod]

so let me get this straight, you want every passenger on air flights to have guns?

No, only those who meet four requirements:

1. Have a CCW permit
2. Have their handgun loaded with frangible bullets
3. Have had training on the use of a firearm in an airliner
4. Are willing

Airline pilots support this idea, too, in case you hadn't noticed. An armed passenger cabin is a polite passenger cabin.

But for those of you who are afraid of guns, you should be free to fly on a disarmed airline if you want to. Let the free market decide which is safer.