Lyons: Gun-rights advocates, stop talking about planes
Published: Monday, January 21, 2013 at 6:05 p.m. Last Modified:
Monday, January 21, 2013 at 6:05 p.m.  To those defending the
right to bear arms, a small suggestion: Stop using the airplane
comparison.  It backfires and won’t fly.  A letter to the editor
published Monday reiterated the argument that, after 9/11, we
increased some security measures but didn’t ban airplanes. And
so, we shouldn’t ban guns in reaction to horrific mass murders.
But please. Gun regulations under serious consideration are not
about banning all guns, just some out-of-the ordinary ones
especially good for killing lots of people quickly and easily,
without reloading.  That’s more like restricting unregistered
civilian ownership of supersonic fighter jets, which we do. And
so hardly anybody has one of those.  Security changes imposed
after 9/11 are nothing like the ones the NRA is proposing for
schools. If they were, they would be limited to putting armed
guards at each airport.