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Friday, January 9, 2004

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[goldstategop]

Its crazy. Pilots should be treated exactly the same as federal personnel are when it comes to carrying concealed weapons on board an airplane. One can argue they have even more reason to be armed than the feds.

[Cronos]

The Air marshals shouldn't use guns. Why not? Because firing a gun at those altitudes will doom the plane pretty much. Maybe if they carry guns to threaten goons that cdarry guns but they should be trained to mostly use non-ballistic weapons, whether that be knives or martial arts or whatever,

[Billthedrill]

I dunno...it just irritates the heck out of me that civilians who really do have the training and experience to carry aboard aren't allowed to, but folks with a federal ticket can no matter what their level of training. But even so, guns in the plane make it safer from hijackers than no guns, even if they're on the belt of some EPA dweeb who shoots himself in the leg when he holsters his.

[Fledermaus]

"It's just crazy," Capt. Greg Rice, a pilot with American Airlines, told WorldNetDaily. "[Federal agents] don't need guns on my airplane or in the terminal."

That should read, "Capt. Greg Rice, a NEUTERED pilot..."

[HP8753]

I think every passenger should be issued a 4 ft. spear when boarding.

Any terrorists showing their faces will be looking like big pin cushions at the destination.

[Dont Mention the War]

Rice flew on Christmas Day during a heightened state of alert around the world. He said if he had received notice a federal agent named "Akmed Ahmed" was flying on his plane with a gun, he would have protested. "I'm not going to let Akmed Ahmed fly on my plane with a gun," he said.

If Rice is still flying for American by the end of next week after making that statement to a reporter, I'll be surprised.

[Travis McGee]

BANG!

For once I beat you to the draw, (but I had to wait until Oh-Dark-Thirty to do it.)

[Doctor Stochastic]

They are from The Government; they are here to help. It's for The Children.