pilots refuse to fly with gun loons onboard

On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 06:50:13 +0100 (CET), in a fit of unbridled digital
verbosity, once again proving the problem is located between the seat and the
keyboard, Nomen Nescio ] two-fingered
to all:

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|From: Little John
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|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.
|
|While I like the Glasers and my wife swears by them for her .38 snubby, the US
Sky Marshalls
|are not using them in airliners. They are now using the .357 Sig round in FMJ.

That's not what my sources say. Where'd you hear this?

The reason
|that I've heard is that it's very effective for shooting through a hostage and
still having enough
|energy to drop a terrorist. It makes sense, but I wouldn't want to be the
hostage.

If that's the "reasoning", it will also go through on a clean shot and damage
the airliner or an innocent passenger, something that is entirely contrary to
the mission.


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