There hasn't been an airline hijacking in the U.S. since 9/11/2001. You know why?
It wasn't because we banned box cutters.
It wasn't because we passed laws against hijacking, murder, assault, etc.
It was because we changed the game.
We setup a secure perimiter around airports with fences, metal detectors and security personel, where none had existed previously.
We hardened cockpit doors to make it difficult to gain entry. Not impossible, but hard enough that they won't get in quickly. This buys time for the last piece of the puzzle...
We fought back! Men and Women on flight 93 fought back with every measure of resistance they had.
Hijackers took notice. They have tried to get through security, but success has been limited so they stopped trying. They know that locked door will be hard to get through, and they KNOW Americans will die to stop them from getting through that door.
WHY DO WE TALK ABOUT BANNING GUNS (box cutters)?!
Why don't we secure the perimeter of a school campus (airport), and defend it with screening and armed personnel?
Why don't we harden classroom doors (cockpit) against forced entry?
Why don't we prepare every teacher, administrator amd student to FIGHT BACK?!
A shooter can't shoot much when 20 students are throwing shit at them. They can't get through doors that are locked remotely when someone pulls an active shooter alarm. They can't easily access a campus with a secure perimeter and people trained and equipped to stop them.
When evil people see our resolve in these measures, they will stop preying on schools.
But you ban my gun? You make it harder for a law abiding citizen to buy a gun? Nah. That won't remotely deter an evil person from their mission. It will just set up me, AND YOU, to lose the fight when they come to our door.
It wasn't because we banned box cutters.
It wasn't because we passed laws against hijacking, murder, assault, etc.
It was because we changed the game.
We setup a secure perimiter around airports with fences, metal detectors and security personel, where none had existed previously.
We hardened cockpit doors to make it difficult to gain entry. Not impossible, but hard enough that they won't get in quickly. This buys time for the last piece of the puzzle...
We fought back! Men and Women on flight 93 fought back with every measure of resistance they had.
Hijackers took notice. They have tried to get through security, but success has been limited so they stopped trying. They know that locked door will be hard to get through, and they KNOW Americans will die to stop them from getting through that door.
WHY DO WE TALK ABOUT BANNING GUNS (box cutters)?!
Why don't we secure the perimeter of a school campus (airport), and defend it with screening and armed personnel?
Why don't we harden classroom doors (cockpit) against forced entry?
Why don't we prepare every teacher, administrator amd student to FIGHT BACK?!
A shooter can't shoot much when 20 students are throwing shit at them. They can't get through doors that are locked remotely when someone pulls an active shooter alarm. They can't easily access a campus with a secure perimeter and people trained and equipped to stop them.
When evil people see our resolve in these measures, they will stop preying on schools.
But you ban my gun? You make it harder for a law abiding citizen to buy a gun? Nah. That won't remotely deter an evil person from their mission. It will just set up me, AND YOU, to lose the fight when they come to our door.