| 4. Letting people carry weapons on an airliner has proven
to be a "bad
| thing." I believe this restriction is in the "common
sense" category.
|
Mr. Dillon, Mr. Dillon, the outlaws are going to rob the
stage when it gets out of town, what should we do?
Take the guns away from the passengers to avoid violence.


A very few people ever carried weapons on airliners, an even
smaller number hijacked airplanes to Cuba. The government
banned guns on airliners. That ban made 9/11 easy and
possible since any weapon, even box cutters [which were
legal at the time] to take over the airplane.

If weapons, per se were evil, why does having an armed air
marshal work?



"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ps.com...
| What rights have I lost due to anything done in the War
on Terror?
|
| The right to fly over your nation's capital. The right
to fly past the
| Space Shuttle when it is not being launched. The right
to carry Napa
| and Sonoma wine home in your carry-on baggage. The
right to carry a
| swiss army knife on an airliner (or anywhere, and forget
about it when
| you board an airliner).
|
| Let's take the silly ones first:
|
| 1. I recently flew over Washington, DC. It was
bone-simple.
|
| 2. With only a few airworthy space shuttles left -- and a
political
| climate that makes replacing them impossible -- I see
nothing wrong
| with restricting the airspace around Cape Canaveral.
|
| 3. I'm sure I can buy wine anywhere.
|
| 4. Letting people carry weapons on an airliner has proven
to be a "bad
| thing." I believe this restriction is in the "common
sense" category.
|
| The right to read what you want in a public
| library without disclosing that action to the
government. The right to
| be free in one's homes, telephones, computers, internet,
and private
| life from search. The right to face your accusers and
know the charges
| against you.
|
| Now on to the meatier examples:
|
| 1. The library rule will be overturned. Luckily, it's so
unworkable,
| in practice, that it is not used.
|
| 2. I hadn't heard that US citizens could have their homes
searched
| without due process. Are you referring to wire tapping
overseas phone
| calls?
|
| 3. I hadn't head that US citizens could be held without
charges being
| brought.
| --
| Jay Honeck
| Iowa City, IA
| Pathfinder N56993
| www.AlexisParkInn.com
| "Your Aviation Destination"
|