PIA - wouldn't the bus driver have to stop a moving, loaded bus before s/he could take any action at all? And doesn't that take awhile?
Isso - I realize that you and I disagree and that I'm not going to change your mind. I just feel that the solution you suggest is at least as dangerous as the original problem - particularly because I'm not aware of a high rate of murders on buses.
Added later (sorry, I'm a slow thinker in the morning)
Wouldn't a better solution be to add an "outrider" to the bus, the way there used to be on stagecoaches (at least in movies?) That way the bus driver could drive, and a trained "enforcer" would serve as a deterrent.
Or - better yet - perhaps weapons could be removed from bus passengers via simple metal detectors, as with old airport detectors. Either check your weapons, or don't get on the bus. Seems to me a far better arrangement.
And if the danger isn't really high enough to meet the expense - then it's probably not high enough for armed guards OR citizens.
Metal detectors have come at the end of the discussion, long after the addition of more guns to the mix. I think that's what I meant be escalation - I think the "more arms" solution adds to the danger level as a solution, but we have never learned how to look for other solutions first. (Myself included.)
Last edited by Mellowicious; 08/02/08 10:43 AM.
