The Click of A Hundred Guns Cocking
Allen August 26th, 2005
At our Boy Scout patrol meeting last night, we were discussing activites that they would be interested in doing. Some of the suggestions were: Laser Quest (a lasergun tag game that takes place in a maze) and paintball. I know that paintball is not allowed for Scout activites and some districts don’t even like the laser tag games.
I can understand the paintball ban. Shooting a projectile at another minor during a sponsored event is the something trial lawyers dream of.
I did tell the boys they could go shotgun and rifle shooting at a local gun club. They did appear interested in that, so we might schedule this as an upcoming activity.
Someone in the group mentioned how an air marshals may (or may not) have be aboard a flight flight they took recently. I got to thinking about the safety the air marshals seem to provide. During any given flight, I can’t be sure that one is available during an emergency. If some Islamic fascist decides that he wants me along for the ride when he gets his ticket punched for paradise, I definitely would want one aboard.
I think the airlines should offer every sober adult passenger a handgun when boarding the plane. Granted, your frothing 72-virigin geek boy will have a gun, but so will every other frothing red-neck on board.
The guns would be sealed so that people couldn’t steal the ammo and you have to check the gun back in when you leave the plane. If you don’t check your gun back in or your gun is found not in your possesion during the flight, you are banned from flying that airline ever again and charged a stiff penalty. Oh yeah, you also have to surrender your gun when you purchase a beer or mixed drink.
So now when a terrorist stands up and proclaims that he is taking us all to paradise, he will hear something other than silence….
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