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Armed Airline Pilots-Voice Your Opinion

susiesusie Member Posts: 7,595 ✭✭✭✭
edited January 2002 in General Discussion
The debate as to whether airline pilots should be allowed to carry firearms while in flight has been opened to the public. The comment period is open until 14 February. For more info go: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,42644,00.html
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  • pikeal1pikeal1 Member Posts: 2,707
    edited November -1
    cant find where to write to. Can you please post a link. I've been looking for the past half hour and can't find anything.funny how they say that guns don't belong on planes at all...think if we tell people who intend to hijack a plane to check their weapons they would do it? I think it's pretty obvious that airport security is far from where it needs to be. and with all the new technology in ammunition, I dont think shooting inside a plane should be a huge concern...atleast not for the plane itself. Granted, that being in such a small space, there is more of a liklyhood that something can go wrong, but if it gets to that point, I think a stray bullet is a small price to pay for avoiding another disaster as what happened on 9-11. I don't understand why some people think, that because a person is armed, they will be flashing the gun around or doing stunts with it or something. Having a pilot carry a gun is the same as having a police officer, or security guard, or customs agent, or whoever carrying one.
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  • thesupermonkeythesupermonkey Member Posts: 3,905 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think arming the pilots is a terrible idea!They should be flying the plane not trying to do both.Arm the passengers!"Ladies and gentlemen in a few minutes we'll begin serving. The choices for today are the Glock 36, Kimber 1911, or Sig 220. Thank you for flying Armed Air America"
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  • 22WRF22WRF Member Posts: 3,385
    edited November -1
    It's fine with me because I'm not getting in an Aluminum Tube, that goes 500+ MPH at 40k feet.
    NRA Pistol InstructorP'cola. FL Home of the Blue Angels"Arms like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunder in awe and perserve order" Thomas PainenIshnabe'k
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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    Right on, two-two. My last ride in one was in December of 1998, and that was definitely my LAST ride in one.If I can't drive or take a boat, I'm just not going.
    Lord Lowrider the LoquaciousMember:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets She was only a fisherman's daughter,But when she saw my rod she reeled.
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