OK, what the hell has happened to the Brits?

"Wdtabor" wrote in message
...

Picture two terrorists, one walking to the restroom and one walking back
from. They meet where the marshal is seated. One grabs the guy around
the
throat while the other goes for the weapon.

Uh, there are between 90 and 400 passengers on that plane. How do your two
terrorists know which one to grab, or that there aren't two of them? The
penalty for guessing wrong is death.

Just playing Devil's wotsit here, "the penalty for guessing wrong is death".
Right. So. They grab someone randomly. The air marshal draws his gun
for issuing said penalty. He's identified. The other 3 terrorists then get
the gun off the air marshal.

I don't have an opinion on this, just thought I'd throw that in! In reality
I
would guess that the air marshal wouldn't draw his weapon if the attackers
were unarmed, and the penalty wouldn't be death.

Paul

"Paul Sengupta" wrote in message
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Just playing Devil's wotsit here, "the penalty for guessing wrong is
death".
Right. So. They grab someone randomly. The air marshal draws his gun
for issuing said penalty. He's identified. The other 3 terrorists then get
the gun off the air marshal.


How simple. Just take the marshal's gun away from him. Tell me, given that
the marshal has already drawn his gun, how do the other 3 terrorists get his
gun without getting shot in the process?

Paul Sengupta wrote:

Just playing Devil's wotsit here, "the penalty for guessing wrong is death".
Right. So. They grab someone randomly. The air marshal draws his gun
for issuing said penalty. He's identified. The other 3 terrorists then get
the gun off the air marshal.

And while they're trying to do that, the second air marshall shoots all three of
them.

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is
"Hummmmm... That's interesting...."

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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And while they're trying to do that, the second air marshall shoots all
three of
them.


What prevents the first air marshal from shooting them?

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Paul Sengupta wrote:

Just playing Devil's wotsit here, "the penalty for guessing wrong is
death".
Right. So. They grab someone randomly. The air marshal draws his gun
for issuing said penalty. He's identified. The other 3 terrorists then
get
the gun off the air marshal.

And while they're trying to do that, the second air marshall shoots all
three of
them.

manifest: 250 air marshals, 20 pax, 4 terrorists

In article , "Paul Sengupta"
writes:


Just playing Devil's wotsit here, "the penalty for guessing wrong is death".
Right. So. They grab someone randomly. The air marshal draws his gun
for issuing said penalty. He's identified. The other 3 terrorists then get
the gun off the air marshal.

I don't have an opinion on this, just thought I'd throw that in! In reality
I
would guess that the air marshal wouldn't draw his weapon if the attackers
were unarmed, and the penalty wouldn't be death.


Agreed, that is why I prefer simply letting passengers with Concealed Carry
Permits carry anywhere, including airplanes. Thatg way there is no way for a
terrorist to know how many are on board, who they are, and if all have revealed
themsleves in response to a provocation.

Don

--
Wm. Donald (Don) Tabor Jr., DDS
PP-ASEL
Chesapeake, VA - CPK, PVG

On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 at 20:11:09 in message
, Wdtabor
wrote:

Agreed, that is why I prefer simply letting passengers with Concealed Carry
Permits carry anywhere, including airplanes. Thatg way there is no way for a
terrorist to know how many are on board, who they are, and if all have revealed
themsleves in response to a provocation.

How is that going to help with aircraft flying to the USA? Marshals
might be one thing but private citizens are very unlikely to be able to
carry their weapons out of many (if any) countries.
--
David CL Francis

Agreed, that is why I prefer simply letting passengers with Concealed Carry
Permits carry anywhere, including airplanes. Thatg way there is no way for a
terrorist to know how many are on board, who they are, and if all have
revealed
themsleves in response to a provocation.

How is that going to help with aircraft flying to the USA? Marshals
might be one thing but private citizens are very unlikely to be able to
carry their weapons out of many (if any) countries.
--

True, but by empowering the passengers to defend the cabin, professional
resources can then be redirected to international flights.

If the French and Brits can't find anyone who remembers which end of a handgun
the fire comes out of, to train as air amrshalls, we can loan them some on
flights coming into the US.

Don

--
Wm. Donald (Don) Tabor Jr., DDS
PP-ASEL
Chesapeake, VA - CPK, PVG