[LuisBasco]

Let's let congresscritters know how we feel about their abdicating their responsibities and allowing the bureaucrats take command!

[Blood of Tyrants]

Forget contacting Bush, he opposed it in the first place.

[Blood of Tyrants]

P.S. When this passed, I said that the buruearacrats would do everything they could to make carrying a gun so difficult and the process so tiresome that few would bother.

And what REALLY pisses me off is that a FREAKING POULTRY INSPECTOR can carry a gun with hardly a signed name required!

[Search4Truth]

Demand Reasonable Airline Security Measures!

[Ohioan]

It is a sad day for America when there is even an issue about the right of the captain of a ship to arm himself, for his own protection and that of his crew and passengers. Why do we denigrate aircraft pilots in a way that it would have been unthinkable to denigrate the captains of ships?

This is outrageous, any way that you look at it. It is not the sort of thing which makes Americans want to trust the Federal Bureaucracy--nor should it!

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[elbucko]

I am not flying until the following conditions:

1. It's a Boeing.

2. Boeing has qualified US pilot.

3. Pilot has suitable firearm.

4. Firearm is loaded and placed within the reach of the pilot.

I don't think that the "powers that be" have given any consideration to the possibility that a large sector of the public is NOT flying because pilots aren't armed yet.

[caltrop]

Bush could put a stop to this in a hurry if he wanted to. I'm not inclined to call my Congressman on this again. At this point, the ball is in Bush's court. Those of us who care about this issue should be in touch with the NRA, GOA, etc. to tell them to explain the facts of life to Bush and, probably more importantly, Rove. When they do, I hope they'll point out that any Supreme Court nominations will be viewed with special scrutiny after the way they've handled this.

[meadsjn]

Airline pilots score way too high on IQ tests for the government to trust them with a firearm.

[TigersEye]

Signed and sent.

[Howie]

The inevitable!

[Chancellor Palpatine]

The use of lots of capital letters in any communication should be sufficient grounds to revoke the flying status of any pilot due to instability.