<quote> Yeah because that's always an option. Screw the 2nd Amendment to the constitution.
Ever think what might have happened on 9/11 if a couple of guys had had knives in their pocket? Or god forbid a gun? </quote> Not to make any comment on the 2nd Amendment, but I doubt passengers having blades would have changed the outcome of 9/11. The first three planes where operating on the established "Terrorist hijack" mode of take the plane, land somewhere and start making demands. The last plane, where the passengers got the information that this was not a normal hijack and did act, blades would not have help. According to information I have seen in documentaries, the passengers overwhelmed the terrorists in the cabin. But they could not get through the locked cockpit door before the terrorists could dive the plane into the ground. I don't see how a pocket knife or even a larger one would have helped with that door. And a gun, shooting blind through a closed door and not take out critical controls and/or the windshield thus making the plane unflyable. Same overall result isn't it? -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA --------- | 1 | | --------- Binary Soduko | | | --------- "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:193880 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
