CH> Pistols and other small arms definitely have use.  Remember to 
 CH> Resistance movements defense includes offensive tactics.  A bullet
 CH> from a 22 cal. handgun in a pilot's head will make him just as dead as
 CH> if a howitzer did it.
DS>  Is this a pilot that you have shot down out of the sky with
DS> a .22 hangun  while he flew overhead at 20,000 feet, or one
DS> that came in on a strafing  run at several hundred miles per
Ah, if you shoot him as he's coming out of a local bar
or restaurant he never gets to make that flight.
Didn't they teach you about preemptive strikes?  :)
                      Remember:  Freedom isn't Free!
--- timEd-B11
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