Is it time to arm crop duster pilots as well as airline pilots?

Bill Denton wrote:

He said it was obvious they weren't trying to bring him down as the
hits were rarely in a critical area; they mainly just wanted to scare him
away.

I think he's lucky. It's a real bear trying to hit something the size of a light
aircraft moving at perhaps 100 miles an hour. These guys must've been excellent
marksmen to score at all. Assuming that they can choose to hit a non-critical part
instead of a critical one is folly. The only thing that kept him alive is the fact
that so much of an airplane is non-critical when we're talking about a 30-06 shell.

George Patterson
This marriage is off to a shaky start. The groom just asked the band to
play "Your cheatin' heart", and the bride just requested "Don't come home
a'drinkin' with lovin' on your mind".