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Excaliber wrote:The fact that the cockpit crew may well decide that a hijacking attempt is a fine opportunity to show folks the maneuvers their aircraft is really capable of(e.g. barrel rolls, flying upside down, and climb / descend maneuvers that cause weightlessness in the cabin) and will greet any attempt to get into their space with a hail of .40 S&W welcome souveniers also gives pause to those who might contemplate taking over an aircraft.

Hijacking is no longer the fun sport it used to be for the terroristically inclined.

Purplehood wrote:After reading the bare essentials of the original post and admittedly scanning the responses, my gut-reaction would simply be to continue pressing on with shooting my way out the nearest exit to the outside of the building. Shoot one guard and they replace him with another? Shoot the next guy too.
My general feeling is that I am in a theater with a bunch of AK-armed types, then my chances of getting me and my loved ones out in one piece are slim to none. So I will take my chances on surprise and speed.
Shoot the door guy and run. Shoot the guy that replaces him. Rinse, repeat.

GrillKing wrote:I read where one airline captain said that if a takeover attempt occured on his plane, you better be in your seat, buckled in, as whoever was not buckled in (hijackers/terrorists) were going to have a very hard head on collision with the roof of the aircraft.

seamusTX wrote:If you don't like hypothetical scenarios, please stop now.

Here's the scenario: You are sitting in a movie theater, in the middle of the audience, more or less. You are watching your favorite action figure stuff bad guys' heads where the sun don't shine, or maybe you're rolling your eyes at a three-hanky chick flick that your wife wanted to see, because your unarmed wife is sitting next to you.

The movie stops. A voice from some invisible location announces, "You are all prisoners. Do not try to resist. Allahu Akbar."

After a short interval of shock and surveillance, you realize that all the exit doors are blocked by men with long guns.

A man several rows in front of you takes cover behind a seat and fires at the nearest door guard. He scores a fatal hit. Seconds later, his head explodes from automatic rifle fire from the projection booth.

Another terrorist who was seated takes the place of the late shahid.

Multiple, fanatical, suicidal, organized, well-armed, well-trained terrorists in a very defensible location.

What do you do now, mall ninjas?

- Jim

scootergeek wrote:It's topics like this that keep me from going out anymore because I see these things as becoming reality soon.

seamusTX wrote:

scootergeek wrote:It's topics like this that keep me from going out anymore because I see these things as becoming reality soon.

Violence and bizarre accidents happen every day. People have been killed in their homes by vehicles crashing into them.

You just have to prepare in whatever manner you see fit, and take your chances.

- Jim

scootergeek wrote:I do get out, but I've become too paranoid if thats possible.

seamusTX wrote:
The theater is surrounded by police and Marines. The terrorists are talking to someone in authority, but their goal is not yet known. (Maybe their goal is to distract attention from something else.)

seamusTX wrote:I'm not expert on Posse Comitatus, but I would think the Insurrection Act would allow the use of federal troops in case of a foreign invasion.

- Jim

Bart wrote:1. Dial 911 and drop my phone on the floor.
2. Wait to see what happens next. They haven't shot anyone except Gecko45 yet.
3. ?
4. Profit!