I am a gun owner and I do not agree with the issuance of guns to airline passengers because you are likely to encounter more mentally unstable people than you are hijackers on an airplane. You also have to understand the mechanics of guns or you will do more harm than good.

I would like to see them issue and retrieve knives with 3" to 4" very sharp blades to each passenger on every aircraft.

Try to imagine a full sized male hijacker trying to take over a plane load of little people (I believe "little" is the politcally correct term.) whose knife hands can not reach above his beltline.

If he lived, he would never sing "ALTO" again, would grow soft pectorals, lose facial hair, and have a generally more agreeable disposition.

Bountyhunter