As someone previously said - "You are just amazing you guys/gals".
You presumably opted for a career in aviation for your enjoyment of flying primarily yet few of you seem to be complaining about how your career has been 'hijacked' (pardon the pun) by people intent on changing the goalposts and your lives amongst the rest. I just marvel (as a PPL student) how you can deal with this threat in the way you are. Congratulations on sticking with all of these horrendous issues and not 'bailing out' in a sense - we pax like to know our pilots are more than just 'bus-drivers' in anyone's eyes. Your expertise is taken far too much for granted - to add in firearms training may perhaps make people a little more appreciative of your immense workload etc. Not sure, mind you, as a pax that I like the idea of the pilots being armed, but at the end of the day things are happening now as never before and all situations have to be considered in their light.
TR