Re: TERRORISM: looking for solutions

From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Thu Sep 13 2001 - 10:33:35 MDT


"Holden, Steve" wrote:
>
> >flying under control, just doesn't sound healthy, either. I
> >would be more in favor of installing those low-power x-rays
> >that can distally body-search people, perhaps programmed with
> >software that would recognize knifelike and gunlike shapes,
>
> There are numerous options in terms of non-lethal weapons: handheld lasers
> that blind, tasers, etc.. Not to mention handgun rounds like shotshell, or
> thin copper walls that have very minimal penetration.
>
> To a free society, those options are preferred to what amounts to
> strip-searching people who have done nothing wrong. Your solution puts the
> onus on everyone. My solution focuses on the perpetrators.

That's right, and firearms are not always detrimental to the integrity
of the airframe. The use of fragmentary bullets is of immense value in
this area, as well as extensive handgun training. If you can maintain
near perfect scores on IPSC courses, then odds are you can act as a sky
marshal with little danger to the safety of the aircraft or other
passengers. You will nail the perps with every bullet, and every bullet
will fragment inside the perp. Even if they are wearing a kevlar vest,
all the bullet energy will hit them, knocking them on their asses and
enabling them to be subdued.



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