411A,
Many here for any period of time would notice your complete contempt for US Major airline pilots. Although I would agree that an ex-USAF pilot's claims to have firearm experience would be lacking if all it consisted of was a ribbon issued after 50 rounds fired through a .38, I would also wonder what your firearms training and experience consists of, and what are your observations on the training FFDO's receive?
I've yet to run into one US armed pilot who feels the weapon makes the cockpit invulnerable or carries any "cowboy" tendencies.
It makes good press for our former colonial "managers" with predisposed political opinions of firearms, but fails the "smell test" badly.