Just logged on to excite.com, which has a poll on pilots with guns;
What’s frightening to us Brits is no less than 71% said yes to pilots being given artillery in the cockpit! Only 25% said no and the rest neutral.
1/there must be some way 'Q' can come up with a 'gizmo' to use
other than low velocity/cal. firearms?
2/If we have to have them, then they must be isolated 'airside' either in a safe in the flight deck or what ever.
3/ they would only be reasonably safe if the gun had some sort of personal recognition system like an arm bracelet that worked like
those fancy new car keys.
4/they need to be holstered in such a way you could draw them while facing front.
5/Proper training for the use of such weapons.
6/given that if it comes to it you've gotta do some thing, instead of carrying guns why not just 'lamp' them with the crash axe! That works for me!
"Shirley you can't be serious" (stop calling me Shirley!)