[Demidog]

I've showed you a situation in which that clearly is not true.

No you haven't. You've attempted to rationalize the taking of innocent life. I've simply shown you that when you think you have complicated the issue, you have merely ignored the other mitigating circumstances.

It should be fairly easy to admit that murder is wrong. The whole reason for the attempt to corner those who refuse to answer a simple and direct question is to then establish what powers we can actually cede to government since all government power flows from us.

I cannot give anyone the power to murder because I do not posess that power myself.

[Bush2000]

I've simply shown you that when you think you have complicated the issue, you have merely ignored the other mitigating circumstances.

What mitigating circumstances? In the example I cited, the President doesn't know the intentions of the hijackers. Likewise, it is the earnest belief of the FAA that allowing passengers and crew to be armed is a recipe for disaster. Pilots and crew are not law enforcement officers nor should we pretend they are. Thus, it does not seem that authorities are failing to do anything which would prevent the situation from occurring to begin with.