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spacemanspiff · December 9, 2005, 06:06 PM

will that even satisfy you though? or will you then want to see documented evidence that the suspect SCREAMED he had a bomb?

law enforcement deals with this type of situation often. furtive movements to what could be a weapon will prompt a quick lead infusion. if you have a problem with that, then dont make furtive movements.

and why is it that you want to hear another passenger corroborate the word of the marshalls?

why do i get the feeling that if the deranged and now dead suspect was of middle eastern descent we wouldnt be having this conversation? post 9/11 everyone in the pro-gun firearm community online wanted armed air marshalls on board each and every flight to handle just this type of situation. whats changed since then?

December 9, 2005, 06:06 PM	#63
spacemanspiff Senior Member Join Date: January 16, 2002 Location: alaska Posts: 3,498	will that even satisfy you though? or will you then want to see documented evidence that the suspect SCREAMED he had a bomb? law enforcement deals with this type of situation often. furtive movements to what could be a weapon will prompt a quick lead infusion. if you have a problem with that, then dont make furtive movements. and why is it that you want to hear another passenger corroborate the word of the marshalls? why do i get the feeling that if the deranged and now dead suspect was of middle eastern descent we wouldnt be having this conversation? post 9/11 everyone in the pro-gun firearm community online wanted armed air marshalls on board each and every flight to handle just this type of situation. whats changed since then? __________________ "Every man alone is sincere; at the entrance of a second person hypocrisy begins." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." - Soren Kierkegaard