[The Shootist]

Respect the Constitution and arm the passengers! It is real telling that our government distrusts its citizens as much (or more) than they distrust the terrorists.

[Paleo Conservative]

Instead of relying on just having sky marshals on flights, why not have armed policemen on flights. Many apartments buildings give discounts to policemen to encourage them to live there, why not allow policemen to have free tickets on airlines in exchange for providing protection? Also, the armed forces often send their people as passengers on commercial airliners, why not have them armed?

[vigilo]

Arming the passengers IS the solution and would work every time it's tried. But, the glory wouldn't go to the state, it would go to the people which we simply can't have.