List of places no one should be allowed to possess a firearm:

[J]

I'd be more worried about somebody hitting a fuel tank, hydraulic line, or control wire.

Can't believe nobody replied to this, or maybe I missed it?

Modern aircraft have backups in duplicate or triplicate on most systems. Don't think a couple of bullets will be able to take them out.

[car-15]

Can't believe nobody replied to this, or maybe I missed it?

Modern aircraft have backups in duplicate or triplicate on most systems. Don't think a couple of bullets will be able to take them out.

I thought about that, but I'm not in the mood for a pissing match today so I kept it to myself.

[bogie]

Can't believe nobody replied to this, or maybe I missed it?

Modern aircraft have backups in duplicate or triplicate on most systems. Don't think a couple of bullets will be able to take them out.

Go back and read the context of my statement, which was based on other people's posts before it. I'm not worried about a bullet taking out a plane by depressurization. I was merely stating that bullets would probably do more damage to other systems than they would in depressurizing the cabin.

And tell me how that fuel tank with triple redundancy is going to hold up with a dozen bullet holes in it. I'm sure some defense contractors would love to know more about this technology. How about armor piercing bullets? Or how about incendiary ammunition? Aluminum sure as hell won't stop either of them.
Who's going to check everybody's ammo before they board? So lets keep talking about letting guns on a plane

I thought about that, but I'm not in the mood for a pissing match today so I kept it to myself.

So instead you wait until you have strength in numbers?

[HoneyBadger]

Can't believe nobody replied to this, or maybe I missed it?

Modern aircraft have backups in duplicate or triplicate on most systems. Don't think a couple of bullets will be able to take them out.

Yeah, several bullet holes in the fuselage of a modern commercial airliner would not cause any serious problems. Cabin would depressurize, O2 masks would drop, and the plane would keep on flying. This has been tested again and again: A single, or even multiple bullet holes in a pressurized aircraft are not going to cause it to explode or tear in half like in the movies.