Poll: Should airline pilots carry handguns on flights?

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[TomB]

Arming pilots is a gun-grabbers worst nightmare. There is essentially no real argument against it. There are certain rounds that are "safe" enough to be fired in a pressurized cabin. Armed pilots are a significant deterrent. And the usual psychological arguments don't work, i.e., they can't scare people into worrying a pilot will "go postal" and start shooting up a full airliner, when it would be much easier to nose-dive it into the ground.

There are no good arguments against arming pilots, so lookfor them to scream bloody murder.

[William Tell]

luckyltus said: "No blanket approval. How do we know if the pilot is sleep deprived or abuses drugs and alcohol? I don't want a nut case pilot who's ticked off shooting a loud mouth. Yes, there needs to be some type of protection for passenger safety but the pilots job is to pilot the plane safely. "

Do you fly a lot? If this is your concern, then I would be amazed to hear that you had ever flown.

Oh, you were just kidding? Silly me for taking the bait.