That was Archie Bunker's (All in the Family) idea:

F/As pass out the pistols at the beginning of the flight; and collect the
pistols at the destination. He also suggested that bank robberies could be
averted by having trap doors in front of the tellers, with the
would-be-robbers falling into chutes and sliding to the nearest police
station ...
"Jay Masino" wrote in message
. ..
In rec.aviation.piloting Jim Macklin
wrote:
All passengers must be armed with a .38 or .45 revolver or

.45 revolver? What is this, the old west (or do you want to use moon
clips)??


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