[BenR2]

The real issue here is: How DARE the Federal Government deny passengers the right to travel armed.

If only a few passengers on each hijacked plane yesterday had been armed, the results could not possibly have been any worse -- and in all likelihood the endings would have been at least a bit happier (perhaps crashing, but avoiding the intended targets, as with the plane in Pennsylvania).

[riri]

The real issue here is: How DARE the Federal Government deny passengers the right to travel armed

I agree 100%. If a few passengers had been armed, even if he terrorists were armed, this may have been thwarted.