>>>Last time I was at the airport there was this perspex box at the check-in, full of innocuous stuff like 2 inch nail files, nail clippers, etc. It was unbelievable. If someone were to take over my plane with a nail file, and intended to fly it into a skyscraper, I think I'd take a chance on taking one in the guts in tackling him, don't you? :-)
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>>In the US, an Air Marshall would probably hit him with a stun gun, if I was travelling on department business, he would get to look down the barrel of a .40 cal. Otherwise, yep, I ain't afraid of no nail file (unless it's being held by a woman)!<g>
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>Just wondering if shooting guns in midflight is such a good idea....
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>jml

It depends on the circumstances. Of course, if you go back and re-read my statement, you'l see I said "he would get to look down the barrel of a .40 cal.". That's a little different than saying I would shoot. At close quarters, I doubt I would miss anyway. The most probable scenario would be a surrender.