[Man50D]

Any terrorist event could happen, at any time. Restricting the rights of Americans for very low grade threats merely because people are ignorant on the capabilities of small aircraft would be stupid.

You wouldn't consider it stupid and a low grade threat if someone close to you died in such a terrorist attack. Prior to 9/11/01 the public never considered the possibility terrorists would live in this country for several years, train to fly commericial jetliners to fly into the World Trade Towers, The Pentagon and potentially The Capital building. The public would have considered anyone who proposed such a scenario as stupid just as you are doing now.

Come on, think. A four seat airplane about the weight of a Volkswagen isn't a 400 thousand lb 767 just because both of them have wings.

And that's coming from someone who doesn't realize it would be much easier for a lone terrorist to fly a small plane into a building than to obtain 20 ton truck collect enough barrels of fuel to fill the truck with enough power to bring down a 50 story building! Terrorists want spectacular events. Today's crash proves a even a small plane flown by one person can be spectacular and create as much devastation as any one terrorist could create.

Keep thinking.

[narby]

it would be much easier for a lone terrorist to fly a small plane into a building than to obtain 20 ton truck

Really? How many terrorist pilots are there? How many terrorist drivers are there?

The truck place is called "U-Haul", and they don't even require the two hour check-ride to rent.