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I'm not sure why you all think that having a taser on a plane would have dramatically less responsibility and seriousness than off of a plane.
You don't see your situation here happening in bars, where tasers are perfectly legal, so why would being on a plane be any different?
If you use your taser on somebody, and they weren't threatening to hurt you or others, or they weren't trying to hijack the plane, then you still bear full responsibility for your actions.
Sure. Richard Reid didn't advertise his new Nikes. TSA did not stop him. We then had to remove our shoes through security.Underwear bomber, shoe bomber, and ink cartridge bomber illustrate the new profile which is simply blow up the plane with no preamble.
The Archie Bunker method updated for the new millenium!The TSA's new screening procedures are invasive and unconstitutional. They are in direct violation of our right to privacy, which comes as a derivation from all three of our inalienable rights to life, liberty, and property. The solution is to boot the TSA and give the responsibility for security to airlines and airports.
It's already kind of happening: http://www.examiner.com/libertarian-in-national/florida-airport-to-opt-out-of-tsa-screening
If I were in charge, my version of plane safety would be offering each ticket holder over 18 years old a handheld taser that is fixed on a low setting. It's non-lethal, wouldn't sacrifice cabin pressure with use, and it would take more than one taser-wielding passenger to bring down an in-flight threat. Arming flight attendants with higher-powered, projectile-type tasers could also be a good idea.
One good thing that airlines have done is that they have reinforced the cockpit doors and armed their pilots. It seems that it would be impossible to turn a plane into a missile with those measures.
Post 9-11 anyone trying to "highjack" a plane is going to get torn apart, eaten, and shat out by the passengers which shows a need for more restrooms on planes but not stun guns (unless your bathroom routine includes a stun gun and in that case try a bran muffin).
Underwear bomber, shoe bomber, and ink cartridge bomber illustrate the new profile which is simply blow up the plane with no preamble.
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I don't think passengers will ever allow lightly armed muslims to hijack a plane again. And, no white grannies are going take part in a hijacking. So, this airport security is mostly pointless.
The best way not to be attacked is to not provoke an attack.