On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 18:50:52 GMT, Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

what do you think? will the marshals all be little Rambos without a heart?


Right. It's far better that the marshal drop his gun so the terrorists can


let's assume YOU are the marshall? what would _you_ do in *this* situation?
You are that cool? Yes? My respect.

then take control of the airplane and kill several hundred or several
thousand than to have a terrorist kill a passenger.

The risk of life ... as life itself is one of the riskiest things itself.
Every life ends with death.

About arming: Do you know when I saw the last weapon in real life? Tell you
what: I can't remember if it was in a shopping center about 1,5 years ago
in the US or at the airport when returning from the US (the security
personnel).

#m

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harsh regulations in North Korea (read below link after reading the story):
http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/04/open-mikulan.php
oooops ... sorry ... it happened in the USA, ya know: the land of the free.