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Can you cite numbers for that claim?

• 1123581321 3y ago
  Yes, look at the number of hijackings by year globally pre and post 9/11. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1240246/aircraft-hijackings-worldwide/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1240246/aircraft-hijacki... Hijackings have been reduced since 9/11 but were always thousands fewer than the number of guns confiscated in the United States alone. The most significant safety improvements (to the pilots' door, new training, changed passenger willingness to fight, revamped air marshal program) do not involve the TSA, at least not the 'retail' side to which most passengers are exposed.
  • hodgesrm 3y ago
    I'm still waiting for numbers that back up the claim that thousands of guns were brought on board without being used for hijackings. The 9/11 hijackers did not actually use guns. [0] Checks for guns date back to the early 70s. Presumably they didn't use guns because they were afraid they might be detected. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks edit: s/weapons/guns/
    • 1123581321 3y ago
      Not sure what else you are looking for. The original stat about the number of guns confiscated (that would otherwise be brought on airplanes) comes from the TSA earlier in the thread.