He was asked in tonight's (9/5) debate about saying that if passengers had guns on 9/11, it wouldn't have happened.
Paul said he was misquoted, so he corrected the content of the question - fair enough. He said that the government has no role in protecting passengers, that it's the airlines' responsibility, and that if the government didn't impose laws forbidding airlines from protecting their property, and passengers, with guns, then 9/11 would not have happened.
He then proceeded to babble incoherently in an effort to drive home his point that airlines should have been allowed to protect their property.
NEWS FLASH: Airlines were SOLELY responsible ON 9/11 for airport security, with NO government operational involvement in checkpoint protocol or in hiring security screeners. In fact, the screeners at that time were all actually airline employees, paid minimum wage, who would have been flipping burgers at McDonald's if not working for the airlines.
Case closed.
2007-09-05
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