mriya225- The lady doth protest too much.
You bring up some very good points in your post. It's the throwing over control idea that sets me off.
Guns on the flight deck; (cockpit, box office, pick your flavour).
My beef with the gun argument is either way you vote for it, the issue is detracting from the real issue - security. As you stated, we need to know what’s coming, forewarned is forearmed. If someone where to ask me "can a pilot be qualified to carry a sidearm?" I would state absolutely. "Should a pilot carry a sidearm", I would state, under most circumstances no. I would love to see a society that settled its differences with words and wisdom; however, we're not quite there yet.
An unarmed Bobby walking the streets of London is a beautiful thing to see, but make no mistake, not far away is a Bobby that is fully armed and ready to react. It’s up to you to guess how far away.
Cheers,
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