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CCRKBA Hails House Vote on Armed Pilots, Calls on
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CCRKBA Hails House Vote on Armed Pilots, Calls on Senate to Act
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To: National Desk
Contact: Alan Gottlieb of the Citizens Committee for the Right to
Keep and Bear Arms, 425-454-4911
BELLEVUE, Wash., July 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Calling it a
"tremendous victory for airline passenger safety," the Citizens
Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) hailed
Wednesday's 310-113 vote by the House of Representatives to arm
commercial airline pilots, and called upon the Senate to quickly
pass the legislation.
"Against incredible pressure from the airline industry and
opposition from Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, Homeland
Security Chief Tom Ridge and Transportation Security Administration
Chief John Magaw, the House acted in the best interests of the
flying public," said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. "This is a
tremendous victory for airline passenger safety."
CCRKBA was first to recommend that airline pilots be armed, just
hours after the despicable terrorist attacks in New York,
Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. last Sept. 11. Over the past few
months, many others followed CCRKBA's lead, including the Air Line
Pilots Association, Air Travelers Association and Airline Pilots'
Security Alliance. CCRKBA held firm to its recommendation, and
urged the Senate to act swiftly.
Under House bill, any of the nation's estimated 70,000 airline
pilots will be allowed to undergo training and background screening
in order to carry a gun in the cockpit. A provision that would have
limited the number of armed pilots and create a two year "trial
program" was deleted under an amendment by Rep. Peter DeFazio
(D-Ore.) that allows all pilots to take the training.
"Our hats are off to courageous leaders in the House,
specifically Congressmen Don Young (R-Ark.) and John Mica (R-Fla.)
for pushing this legislation, and to Representative DeFazio for his
key amendment," said CCRKBA Executive Director Joe Waldron. "Now
we've got to support pro-security members in the Senate, who will
stand up to the demagoguery of Senator Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.),
who has refused to hold hearings on the bill."
Hollings chairs the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation
Committee, and is steadfastly opposed to arming pilots.
"Between Hollings and anti-gunners like Mineta, Magaw and Ridge,
we know that it will be a tough job to get this legislation
passed," Gottlieb said. "That's why we are calling on our members
to pressure their senators to do the right thing for airline
safety, and prevent another Sept. 11 from ever happening again."
With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is one of
the nation's premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit
organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving
firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and
facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in
local communities throughout the United States.
http://www.usnewswire.com
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/U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/
http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/prime/0711-145.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Now
To: National Desk
Contact: Alan Gottlieb of the Citizens Committee for the Right to
Keep and Bear Arms, 425-454-4911
BELLEVUE, Wash., July 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Calling it a
"tremendous victory for airline passenger safety," the Citizens
Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) hailed
Wednesday's 310-113 vote by the House of Representatives to arm
commercial airline pilots, and called upon the Senate to quickly
pass the legislation.
"Against incredible pressure from the airline industry and
opposition from Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, Homeland
Security Chief Tom Ridge and Transportation Security Administration
Chief John Magaw, the House acted in the best interests of the
flying public," said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. "This is a
tremendous victory for airline passenger safety."
CCRKBA was first to recommend that airline pilots be armed, just
hours after the despicable terrorist attacks in New York,
Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. last Sept. 11. Over the past few
months, many others followed CCRKBA's lead, including the Air Line
Pilots Association, Air Travelers Association and Airline Pilots'
Security Alliance. CCRKBA held firm to its recommendation, and
urged the Senate to act swiftly.
Under House bill, any of the nation's estimated 70,000 airline
pilots will be allowed to undergo training and background screening
in order to carry a gun in the cockpit. A provision that would have
limited the number of armed pilots and create a two year "trial
program" was deleted under an amendment by Rep. Peter DeFazio
(D-Ore.) that allows all pilots to take the training.
"Our hats are off to courageous leaders in the House,
specifically Congressmen Don Young (R-Ark.) and John Mica (R-Fla.)
for pushing this legislation, and to Representative DeFazio for his
key amendment," said CCRKBA Executive Director Joe Waldron. "Now
we've got to support pro-security members in the Senate, who will
stand up to the demagoguery of Senator Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.),
who has refused to hold hearings on the bill."
Hollings chairs the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation
Committee, and is steadfastly opposed to arming pilots.
"Between Hollings and anti-gunners like Mineta, Magaw and Ridge,
we know that it will be a tough job to get this legislation
passed," Gottlieb said. "That's why we are calling on our members
to pressure their senators to do the right thing for airline
safety, and prevent another Sept. 11 from ever happening again."
With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is one of
the nation's premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit
organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving
firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and
facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in
local communities throughout the United States.
http://www.usnewswire.com
-0-
/U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/
http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/prime/0711-145.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878