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(Michael) writes:


(Wdtabor) wrote
Now the British airline pilots are considering refusingto fly if there is
an
armed security guard on a flight, citing the danger of a gunshot in a
pressurized airliner.

Would you, as PIC, be comfortable flying an airplane where a passenger
who is absolutely unknown to you is armed while you yourself are
unarmed?


I live in Virginia, I am often in the company of people I do not know who are
armed, and others are often in my company when I am armed. When I am not armed,
I find the company of my fellow honest citizens who are armed to be comforting.


I trust the honest people around me to share in our mutual defense against
those who are unlawful. To do otherwise, and fear your fellow citizens enough
to disarm them, leaves you at the mercy of those who have no regard for law.

Getting into an airplane does not change anything, I would rather the stranger
beside me be one of many on the airplane who are armed than take the chance
that only those who would do me harm are armed.

Of course, ME being armed is even better, but even then, it is better that I
not be the ONLY one armed.

Don

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