Special fragmenting bullets, or something like that would be needed, also
look at the backstops of the shootists, they look to be killing each other
in the process.
An incapacitating non lethal weapons system would be ideal, so to gather
intelligence information from living terrorists after they had been subdued,
as well as not killing any friendlys.
----- Original Message -----
From: "jeff davis" <jrd1415@yahoo.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: FAIR WARNING: A GUN cartoon. I happen to like this one...
> --- Eugene Leitl <Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de>
> wrote:
> > On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, Michael M. Butler wrote:
> >
> > > Go ahead, call me any name you like. This one
> > really does feel good.
> > >
> > >
> > https://www.keepandbeararms.com/images/sept11_b.jpg
> >
> > Except that the terrorrists would then have guns,
> > too, and unless
> > everybody was loaded frangible the plane would be
> > downed in no time, being
> > shot full of holes.
> >
>
> I don't see how fifty or a hundred or even two hundred
> bullet holes through the fuselage of a large airliner
> would do anything more than depressurize the plane.
>
> I think this is something like an urban legend.
>
> If the gunfire started a fire, or killed everyone who
> could fly the plane, maybe...
>
> Anyone else see a plausible way to make this idea fly?
>
> Best, Jeff Davis
>
> "Everything's hard till you know how to do it."
> Ray Charles
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