"Little John" wrote in message
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On 31 Dec 2003 07:39:33 -0800, in a fit of unbridled digital verbosity,
once
again proving the problem is located between the seat and the keyboard,
(J. Hall) two-fingered to all:

| And you honestly think we give a **** about some ****-whiskered Brits
| who are too ****ing stupid to safeguard their own planes?
|
|I love that phrase "**** whiskers". I'll have to make a note of it for
|later use...which brings us on to another point- there is a fear that
|shooting in a plane might accidently depressurize the plane. The fact
|that the 7000 series aluminium alloys modern planes are made of have a
|tensile strength similar to mild steel does not count. I don't think
|the marshalls will be firing armour peircing rounds in the plane; most
|likely they will be using those JHP ones that flatten when they hit
|something.

They use Glasers, a bullet designed specifically for use by air marshalls.
If
you're unfamiliar with them, they're compressed lead shot in a thin copper
jacket with a plastic tip. They're so frangible, they won't go through
both
sides of the typical house's drywall walls with any real force left. But,
they
pack a helluva whollop when they hit a former bad guy.

http://mysite.elixirlabs.com/index.p...2665&page=1979


Even if they fired 9MM rounds, danger to the aircraft, and the passengers,
would be extremely slight.

-*MORT*-