This is daft! Pistols accessible by each pilot will mean that a lot of them will get nicked (How many cleaners go through security in the US on the way home)? All pilots would have to go through an even more thorough vetting than they do to obtain an airport ID and then attend a weapons training course. There is no way that hand guns can be secured by each position with adequate security. The only way is to have double flight deck doors and locked cabinets only opened by sky marshals with the relevant keys. Besides I reckon the UK GCN (Gun Control Network) would rather the pax died and the aircraft crash anyway.