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On the recordOctober 11, 2001
The motto of my legislation is that armed pilots are the first line of deterrence and the last line of defense--the first line of deterrence because terrorists will know that armed pilots will be able to defend the cockpit and defend the aircraft from a hijacking; the last line of defense because when all else fails, including the air marshals and perhaps even a reinforced cockpit door, an armed pilot will be in the cockpit to defend that cockpit from terrorist hijackers.
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Jeremiah Smith
Federalist · New Hampshire
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the gun-in-the-cockpits amendment during Senate floor debate.

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