The 9/11 hearings going on in the states have people pointing fingers at each other, and for all the wrong reasons: "Bush could have done something to prevent the attacks"...."Clinton didn't do enough after the first 9/11 attack"....."Clarke is grandstanding"...blah blah blah...

Fact is, the last nine or ten presidents could have prevented this form of attack. So could the supreme court justices that served over the last several decades, and even FAA officials.

If Americans were allowed to exercise their second amendment rights aboard aircraft, then it would be impossible to hijack any aircraft, particularly a large one with many passengers. A team of five could not prevail against hundreds of potentially-armed passengers, even if only a small percentage was actually armed.

By the way, for those who think that discharging a firearm inside an airplane at 40000 feet will instantly bring the plane down or suck everyone out, you've been watching too many movies. Aircraft can survive (and land) with much bigger holes than that - check out the Aloha Flight 243 website.