[boomop1]

Someone was playing cowboy in the crouch pit.

[coloradan]

Um, guns don’t typically “accidentally” discharge.

[Kirkwood]

WTH? I’m betting it was an unholstered Glock.

[P8riot]

So, did the plane decompress explovely?.................hmmmmmmm?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Guns don’t go BANG unless you hit the “go” button.

[yldstrk]

Uh huh. I want more details. Like the passenger list.

[mountn man]

I wonder if the pilot might be a former DEA angent?
DEA AGENT SHOOTS OWN FOOT

[seacapn]

Speaking of that, what’s the protocol if a pilot suddenly decides to shoot dead his copilot, for whatever reason, then hides behind those reinforced cockpit doors?

[driftdiver]

Oh man I gotta fly tomorrow and now I gotta worry about rogue handguns going off by themselves endangering planes full of innocent people.

[Cvengr]

Pressurized cabins are no place to play with guns.

[El Gato]

I'll bet the clean up crew had a big job cleaning all those seats.

AD in the cockpit?...hmmm.

[infantrywhooah]

Dollars to donuts the pilot was playing with it. Weapons don’t “accidently” discharge without someone pulling a trigger. In all my years of being around weapons I have never had one discharge without some input from me.

[nuconvert]

“the pilot is part of TSA’s Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) program, which trains pilots to carry guns on flights.”

MORE Training

[Jewels1091]

oopppps! never mind

[Capt_Hank]

Let’s see..... “Hey Harry, did you see my new Glock 40 cal.”? “You know they don’t have an external safety. It’s sort of built into the trigger.” “Oh no, I didn’t place that much pressure on it.”

I hope they also take his pilot’s license.

[patch789]

what kind of gun was used?

revolver or semi pistol?

why was a round in the chamber, if a semiautomatic pistol??

[Lancey Howard]

A gun does not “accidentally discharge”.
Some moron pulled the trigger.

[MartinStyles]

I believe pilots are all supposed to carry H&K USP’s. If so, there’s no ‘accident’ possible.

[Lancey Howard]

[StopGlobalWhining]

What immediately came to mind as I was reading this was that the TSA, and the administration in general, were never very enthusiastic about permitting armed pilots on civilian flights.

So I'm wondering if this was really an accidental or negligent discharge at all? Or was it perhaps a carefully orchestrated ploy to generate huge negative publicity (yet to come in following days I'm guessing) to kill the entire program once and for all?

I hope I'm wrong, but this just doesn't "feel" right.

If Obama or Mrs. Clinton use it as an excuse to bring the issue of "sensible" gun control into the campaign, then we will know.