Obama is disarming our airline pilots

Newsmax.com ^ | 3/18/2009 | David A. Patten

[growlingrizzlybear]

The Obama administration is taking steps quietly to shut down the program that qualifies commercial airline pilots to carry firearms in jetliner cockpits in order to ward off another 9/11-type attack.

The administration recently diverted $2 million from a program to train and certify pilots to carry firearms safely while on duty. Instead, it is using the money to hire additional field inspectors to help discipline pilots who step out of line, according to a report in Tuesday’s Washington Times.

[growlingrizzlybear]

Another red flag that has to be run up the pole.

[albie]

Sorry. I submitted same story just behind you.

[CaliforniaCon]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! This is such an important program! If this story is true, how dare he! That IDIOT Obama — shutting down an important program that greatly helps the traveling public —

I suggest we have Zero ride in unprotected vehicles and planes!

[patriciaruth]

Mostly their training in these programs consisted of hand to hand combat for last ditch defense of the cockpit, and those “guns” they were carrying had the ammo that doesn’t penetrate airframes.

I broke into tears when I read this news blurb.

[stockpirate]

Well just wait t until the Shites hit the fan!

[Gator113]

Did he send out invitations to the terrorists... oh, that’s right, that is what this is.

Will all passengers now be provided with Obama approved commemorative box-cutters as the board the plane?

Buckwheat is really getting on my nerves.

[bitterohiogunclinger]

“Only anti-gun extremists and terrorist recruits are worried about armed pilots,” the newspaper editorial says”
And Obama fits both categories. Keep your powder dry.

[az.b1bbomberfxr]

My youngest brother is a Captain for Southwest Airlines and he “packs heat” in the cockpit...He isn’t going to be too thrilled about this news.

[2harddrive]

Dream headline in the New York Slimes, or the LA Crimes: “Obama Paves Way for Hijackers!”

[GBA]

The best time to impeach him would have been his first day in office.

The second best time is NOW!!

[albie]

America is now closer to having a 3,000 mile target on it. Not even libtards can approve of this! Or can they? Never mind.

[sourcery]

Fron now on, every US airliner hijacking will be Obama's fault—with the new policy as the loudly-proclaimed reason!

[ml/nj]

Instead, it is using the money to hire additional field inspectors to help discipline pilots who step out of line, according to a report in Tuesday’s Washington Times.

Maybe the pilots will go on strike for a couple of days and teach this jerk a lesson?

ML/NJ

[mreerm]

our drum-beat should be “this makes us LESS SAFE”

everyone/anyone can understand that

[a real Sheila]

Wasn’t it Katie Couric who made the ludricus statement, wondering aloud about an armed pilot going nuts and shooting up the plane? Never mind the unarmed MUSLIM pilot a few years back who shouted “Allah Akbar” and put the plane into a nosedive into the Atlantic!
If you are an unstable pilot, you don’t need a freaking gun when you have a PLANE to do the job of killing folks.
Sheesh.
Pilots need to be armed.

[tbpiper]

Obama....the list grows:

1) Friend to Terrorist
2) Enemy to the Unborn
3) Enemy to the 2nd Ammendment
4) Enemy to Free Enterprise
5) Enemy to Free Speech
6) Enemy to Wounded Veterans

And Ultimately

7) Enemy to America

[GOPJ]

Obama doesn’t ride commericial - and either does “Nancy P”. Why should they care what happens to American citizens?

[GOPJ]

Look - he’s NOT an enemy. He’s just a liberal. No reason to go overboard.

[Soothesayer]

Obama is an ENEMY of the American people and an enemy of all humanity.

[ViLaLuz]

Well, he doesn’t want any of his friends getting shot while they are hijacking.