Lucifer:
Stun guns or tranquilizer guns? You must be kidding. At a recent firearms training class all of us students were subjected to shock with a stun gun. We were required, while being shocked, to draw our firearm, and fire multiple shots at a target about 7 meters away. Like most of my fellow students, my shots were all center of mass. Stun guns are useless.
Any sort of tranquilizer takes quite a while to work.
One of the drills we did at the class is called the Tueller drill. The Tueller drill (created by a police officer named Tueller) is designed to demonstrate how dangerous someone with a knife can be. It takes, on average, 1-2 seconds to draw and fire two shots at a close target. A person with a knife can cover a distance of 21 feet, starting from a dead stop, in just about that time. We all tried it. My time was 1.25 seconds to cover 21 feet. Tranquilizer guns? Sorry, they would take way too long to take effect.
A colleague of mine, Anna Allison, was on AA flight 11 on Tuesday morning. Rest in peace Anna.
Jared