U.S. Foreign Air Marshals Plan Challenged
BRUSSELS, Belgium - U.S. Homeland Security officials making the case for the use of armed sky marshals on trans-Atlantic flights faced widespread fears in Europe about the risks to crew and passengers.As best I can make out, the Euros are afraid those evil gunz are going to leap out of their holsters and hurt somebody. Why not arm them with really nasty scowls instead? That would scare off the Islamic nutjobs, fer sure! Or maybe hire a lot of Kung Fu artistes? Of course, they might afraid that one of them would put their hands through the side of the plane.
