On Feb 10, 2013, at 12:29 PM, Charlie England wrote:

> One obvious thing to do is to allow any sworn law enforcement or military person who's authorized to carry in the line of duty, to carry on board a flight. I bet the odds approach unity that there would be someone in a passenger seat on at least 75% of flights that would be armed.
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> Charlie

Is it true that a single stray bullet in an airliner at flight lever could/would lead to a catastrophic decompression.  Granted, you'd get the terrorist, but is it worth sacrificing everyone on board?