With all due respect, Sir,
(Norman Stanley)The media prints out what they want you to know about guns and how many are killed as a result of crime. When was the last time the media printed a story about a crime being thwarted by the responsible use of a gun by a citizen? It plainly never gets printed in a national newspaper. Does it happen? yes, all the time!
Getting qualified to carry and use a gun is not that difficult. Just look at some of the pilots we have fying around!!!! Some are good and some are , well, not so good.You'll have good and bad in any field! But the majority of the pilots we have flying around are very capable. Why would we, as fairly intelligent folks, not be able to use a gun with skill? we are just as capable as anyone else, and we understand what makes planes tick. We have to use judgement more than most folks do. We would not be the ones that would be too ichy to fire one off.
I think if we have an actual federal air marshal on board, they would be designated as the primary gun toteing individual, and everyone else would be a secondary tool.we all should know who is carrying, so we all know who's who!
Had there been one or two armed folks on board those planes, I would be willing to bet, that at least two would have survived.
Just my humble opinion from an avid believer in firearms. ( for those individuals who didn't figure out what side i'm on)