FAA -- False 
  Sense of Security
  Date sent: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 10:59:03 -0700
  From: Bob <rwstaker@pacbell.net>
  Subject: FRAUD
  To: comments@foxnews.com
  When exactly will the media report the obvious fraud being perpetrated by the 
  FAA?
  Please be sure to mention that none of the proposed 
  "security measures" would have stopped what happened at the WTC and 
  the Pentagon.
  Reminds me of what one of our founding fathers 
  said. 
   Those who trade essential liberty for a little temporary safety, 
  deserves neither liberty nor safety.
  - Ben Franklin -
  Weapons and ammunition exists that are "aircraft 
  friendly". It is time to put away this nonsense that everyone carrying 
  a gun on an aircraft "must" be a terrorist. Maybe it is just someone 
  who recognizes the government is powerless to protect them despite their rhetoric. 
  Just how were their regulations successful in preventing this most recent disaster?
  Armed pilots or aircrew would be helpful. An 
  air marshal on every flight is better than nothing but a scheduling nightmare 
  and puts one more person at risk. The crew is always there. They are professionals 
  and know when they are in danger. They should be the first line of defense.
  The fact is, even a decompression of an aircraft 
  is surviveable. A madman induced controlled flight into a stationary object 
  is NOT.
  These recent recommendations for airport security 
  are a joke. They will do nothing; I repeat nothing to make your visit to an 
  airport any more than a major pain in the ass. If our government is to be believed, 
  these recommendations are unnecessary because if they do what they say they 
  are going to do, terrorists will no longer be a problem. I'm sure you believe 
  that one.
  It is time to take fantasy out of the equation. 
  These airport security measures, being enforced by minimum wage high school 
  dropouts in a fancy uniform are totally useless. Air marshals put an end to 
  unscheduled flights to Havana and were replace by the vapor fix of the security 
  checkpoint. Clearly these cannot stop a dedicated madman or as the recent episode 
  clearly shows, a conspiracy of madmen. Madmen will succeed despite our concerted 
  and often expensive methods to prevent them.
  20,000 gun laws have not prevented criminals 
  from acquiring guns. They have only prevented law-abiding citizens from acquiring 
  guns and being able to use those guns in their own defense.
  20,000 laws regulating air travel and airport 
  security will not stop terrorists from boarding airplanes. What will stop them 
  is the ultimate authority of the aircraft crew, an ARMED aircraft crew. --Fight 
  back! Join those who prefer not being victims.
  http://www.hematite.com/dragon/gunintro.html
 
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