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Some of these terrorists were everyday people. People who take your child's x-ray at the hospital, or work a set in with you on the Bench at the local Gym. I will say it again: If they could have earned CCW permits and carried them on the plane, they would have. Period. They would have passed our little background check and waiting period with no problem. Odds are they would go join the police force to get some experience with the weapon and crowd control. These people aren't stupid. What you are asking for is a passenger/terrorist shootout at 35,000 feet traveling 400+ miles per hour. If NO ONE is allowed to carry weapons on the plane, then there will be no shootout. If terrorists sneak weapons on the plane, then security at the airport has a problem. That is where guns should be stopped. Not in the damn air. I am not apposed to having pilots or law enforcement carrying guns on the plane. They would be trained to do so. Do I want everyone to have that right? Hell no. This isn't the old west and you aren't John Wayne, partner.

another note: I understand what you people are saying about decompression, but there are plenty of other faults in this line of logic. As far as I know, modern commercial airplane design does not incorporate steps for protecting electrical, computer, hydraulic, etc systems from bullets. I will say that I like the idea of specially trained civilians better than letting any CCW permit bring one on board, but as I said before, these terrorists would likely just get certified like you or I would, and you would end up with a shootout in the air.

Some of these terrorists were everyday people. People who take your child's x-ray at the hospital, or work a set in with you on the Bench at the local Gym.

No, they were all known terrorists. The FBI had identified all of them within days. They were not every day people. I seriously doubt they would have slipped through a CCW check. Even if they did, then everyone else could have been armed too. They would have never dreamed this up if others would have been known to be armed.