[Niteranger68]

Why? Because someone might shoot down an airliner with a single shot from a .50 caliber rifle.

While aiming a laser pointer at the cockpit is so much cheaper, easier, and quieter.....

[MeganC]

I was watching History Channel and they were covering the Pacific War and there were numerous scenes of Japanese kamikaze planes attacking the American fleets.

Thousands of guns were firing thousands of rounds of ammunition at these relatively slow moving planes and, tragically, to little effect.

But I’m supposed to believe that a modern airliner with multiple redundant safety systems on board can be shot down by a single .50 caliber round.

Yeah, right.