Well said GrandPrix!
The most emotional responses to gun issues on this board appear to overwhelmingly come from non flight deck personnel.
A gun in every flight deck makes about as much logistical and economic sense as hiring 90,000 air marshals.
A gun on some flight decks? Why not, there are some very qualified people in flight decks already that come from anti-terrorist and gun handling backgrounds. The idea is to add one more layer to a multi-layered security blanket.
Observed in a retail shop:
These premises protected by Smith & Wesson every third day; you guess which day is the third.
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