Devil505
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What you describe may be your preference but it is not realistic..I'd prefer to see every school have a few armed staff members who've had appropriate training, every aircraft have armed/trained pilots, every legitimate businessman who so desires have a Remington 870 behind the counter as an answer to robbery, etc.
This country cannot afford to protect every flight & a good percentage of pilots do not want the added responsibility of both flying the aircraft & acting as sky marshal. I'm quite sure that an even fewer number of school teachers/personnel would want to take on the vast added responsibility of being an armed guard either.(the bad guys never know which flights are unprotected just as they would not know which schools would be. That adds a measure of safety that is affordable)
I have no problem with every law abiding citizn who wants to protect himself (& family) doing so but it is quite a different idea to act as a security force for a large group of children.
In that case, I personally want only well trained Pros doing the job.
Just a difference in opinion bewteeen us in how best to get the same job done safely.
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