My point is that Sky Marshalls present a procedural and logistical nightmare and make them almost pointless.
And in return for this pointlessness, you get a weapon aboard an aircraft.
Moot point though, since it make no difference in the big scheme of things, during an attempted air piracy.
Absolute b____ks. You seem to be assuming that terrorists on aircraft will result in the automatic loss of the aircraft.
If Richard Reid had been killed by an air marshall but a bullet had punctured the skin of the aircraft he was in in the exchange, some people who are now alive would be in small bits in the Atlantic.
I've never seen that billboard.
It's a well-known campaign run by the
California Rifle and Pistol Association.
But would you use anything but a hammer to drive a nail? It is the right tool for the job.
I think I might file this little comment under "Greatest Misunderstandings in the 21st Century". THE POINT IS THAT EVERY PROBLEM IS NOT A NAIL. But we've been here before......