Obama secretly ends program that let pilots carry guns

[spanko75]

My apologies...I somehow overlooked the other thread while making sure.

[coastalrap]

With all the important things going on today ummm like the NCAA tournament, I wonder why Barry would focus on something that is not broken??????

[Houston3]

Originally Posted by coastalrap

With all the important things going on today ummm like the NCAA tournament, I wonder why Barry would focus on something that is not broken??????

Because he likes to break things?

[ovcatto]

Having combed a number of professional pilot and aviation websites, I can find nothing to back up the Washington Times story.

[gbear48]

Originally Posted by ovcatto

Having combed a number of professional pilot and aviation websites, I can find nothing to back up the Washington Times story.

That's because it isn't true.

[chielgirl]

I'm shocked, I tell you.
Moonie times made an error?

[AONE]

Somehow I don't feel safe thinking a pilot, flight attendant, or permit holding passenger is carring a gun on a plane. Bad things happen when a gun is discharged in a plane. I have no problem pilots don't carry. a good secure door is the best protection in a plane. If guns are brought on that allows one more avenue for others to take control.

I find the fear approach of safety to be unproductive. People in the US have been frightened into giving up their rights. It is outrageous what has been allowed to happen. If they scare you first then you will be more willing to let them take your rights... wake up and stop being afraid.

[bgibbs42]

Originally Posted by Little-Acorn

Looks like instead of training pilots to carry guns and use them safely on airliners vulnerable to terrorist takeover, President Obama would rather spend the money on hiring bureaucrats to guard us against... the pilots.

Election have consequences. This is one of them.

(sigh) Four more years.

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Washington Times - EDITORIAL: Guns on a plane

EDITORIAL: Guns on a plane
Obama secretly ends program that let pilots carry guns

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

After the September 11 attacks, commercial airline pilots were allowed to carry guns if they completed a federal-safety program. No longer would unarmed pilots be defenseless as remorseless hijackers seized control of aircraft and rammed them into buildings.

Now President Obama is quietly ending the federal firearms program, risking public safety on airlines in the name of an anti-gun ideology.
(Full text of the article can be read at the above URL)
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This was done in support of his Taliban friends.