[John Jorsett]

Pointing a firearm at passengers under those circumstances is irresponsible. If he was that concerned, he could have kept it drawn and pointed up, bringing it to bear in less than a second if someone tried to run forward. What kind of training are these people getting?

[Eagle Eye]

What kind of training are these people getting?

And you've been trained to handle this?

[strela]

Pointing a firearm at passengers under those circumstances is irresponsible.

Agree. If this incident occurred as described, the air marshal needlessly made a tense situation even more tense for everyone staring down the barrel of his weapon. He could just as easily held the weapon pointing straight up and brought it to bear if necessary in an instant.

This is real life, not "Starsky and Hutch."

[Brad C.]

Just as an experiment in your own home, why don't you try this. Get a number of your friends to sit in chairs about 15 to 20 feet away from you with your hands in the position you describe. At your friends descretion, have one leap up at you without warning and try to remove the "weapon" from your hands. I think you will be amazed at just how little time you have to react.