I knew Ron's 9/11 2nd Amendment argument was going to backfire

[BarryDonegan]

if weapon vs. weapon deterrance didn't work, the whole world would be a sheet of glass from nukes right now.

 

[STA654]

I'd like to see someone hijack a plane when other people on the plane are armed.

That's make a good action move.

"red eye shoot-out"

 

[dircha]

He needs to drop that from his speeches.

Here is what Time Magazine heard:

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1653405,00.html

By the time that Libertarian congressman Ron Paul told a cheering crowd at the Iowa Republican straw poll that the 9/11 terrorist attacks might have been prevented if the passengers on the planes had been packing heat, I was beginning to wonder if the event—a goofy affair under the best of circumstances—had gone fatally exotic.

You don't seem to understand. The issue isn't that the passengers weren't armed, although that would have solved the problem as well.

The issue is that the federal government has come in and denied these private sector companies the right to place armed security guards and armed pilots on their own flights.

This is clearly unconstitutional.

In other speeches Congressman Paul has clarified that all he is saying is that it should be up to the airlines to make these decisions themselves. I will agree, however, that if he is going to make this point in speeches, he should clearly make the point that what is at issue is that the federal government has denied airlines the right to make these decisions.

Instead of protecting us, in this case government has come in and denied us protection.

I can tell you given the choice in a free market, I would definitely choose the flight with armed security guards or at least an armed pilot.

 

[jj111]

And I'm also sure that no airline would let just anyone bring a gun on a plane and rightfully so.

I believe prior to the 1960's passengers were permitted to bring their own guns onto planes.....

I don't think they ever had any problems as a result of that policy back then.

 

[jj111]

This is just another example of Paul baiting the MSM with another excellent strategy.

Sure it sounds a little risky to some, but let this idea Paul put forth be debated far and wide and the end result will be more Ron Paul supporters.

This is about the 4th or 5th time he has baited the MSM, who want so desperatley to try and pin "whacko" on him. Everytime the MSM has nibbled at the bait, Paul becomes more popular, and they back off.

I guess I didn't understand how that rhetoric could have worked in RP's favor. I wonder if RP and/or his advisers are so smart that they do this intentionally?

 

[billv]

He needs to drop that from his speeches.

Here is what Time Magazine heard:

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1653405,00.html

By the time that Libertarian congressman Ron Paul told a cheering crowd at the Iowa Republican straw poll that the 9/11 terrorist attacks might have been prevented if the passengers on the planes had been packing heat, I was beginning to wonder if the event—a goofy affair under the best of circumstances—had gone fatally exotic.

That article is a piece of garbage anyway.