EDITORIAL: Guns on a plane (Obama secretly ends program....)

The Washington Times ^ | March 17 2009 | Washington Times Editorial

[RecallMoran]

After the September 11 attacks, commercial airline pilots were allowed to carry guns if they completed a federal-safety program. No longer would unarmed pilots be defenseless as remorseless hijackers seized control of aircraft and rammed them into buildings.

Now President Obama is quietly ending the federal firearms program, risking public safety on airlines in the name of an anti-gun ideology.

The Obama administration this past week diverted some $2 million from the pilot training program to hire more supervisory staff, who will engage in field inspections of pilots.

This looks like completely unnecessary harassment of the pilots. The 12,000 Federal Flight Deck Officers, the pilots who have been approved to carry guns, are reported to have the best behavior of any federal law enforcement agency. There are no cases where any of them has improperly brandished or used a gun. There are just a few cases where officers have improperly used their IDs.

Fewer than one percent of the officers have any administrative actions brought against them and, we are told, virtually all of those cases “are trumped up.”

[RecallMoran]

Let's make it easy for the terrorists! Let these pilots be sitting ducks. No one should have guns to protect themselves or others!

[Madame Dufarge]

Hey, why not cut to the chase and require cockpit seats for anyone carrying a Koran?

[stuartcr]

We should hear from a pilot’s spokeperson on this.

[southlake_hoosier]

all pilots should stop flying. put all the planes on the ground until this is reversed.

Wonder what the pilots think?

[Born In America]

Yes, his muzzie brethren are cheering in the streets. More airplane missiles to target innocents in those tall buildings....

[Piquaboy]

The sneaky bass turd has to do everything under the radar.
Screw Him!

[TigerLikesRooster]

Things Zero does are usually what so-called ‘Madoff victims’ would enthusiastically support. The guy would rather die than ‘limousine liberal identity.’ It is the ultimate status symbol for him.

[unkus]

0ne

Bad

Ass

Mistake

America

[IMissPresidentReagan]

Great. Did he also send an engraved invitation to Osama Bin Laden and AlQaeda, to let them know it was open season on Americans again? Shoot; I say we disarm the pilots and arm the poor misunderstood people who are disgruntled with America’s excesses. I mean, after all, if we weren’t so greedy we wouldn’t be so hated anyway. /SARC

I hate liberals like liberals hate America.

[utahson]

God forbid if there is another terrorist attack on our soil or via an airlines. If there is, Obama will own it by his weakening our the WOT, our military and now this.

[workerbee]

Nearly 40 House Democrats are in districts were the NRA is more popular than House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

What's wrong with this picture?

[Carry_Okie]

Bush really screwed the pooch on this one by letting Norm Mineta get away with dragging his feet.

[MrB]

EVERYTHING leftists do “for our own good / because they know better” has to be done under the radar and by stealth and deception.

I think it simply has to do with their ideological nature and the origin of that nature.

John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

He said he would stand with the Muslims. Do we need further proof ?

[MrB]

Those “conservative democrats” who voted for Pelosi as speaker,

got elected by being gun rights advocates.

[grobdriver]

The Obama administration this past week diverted some $2 million from the pilot training program to hire more supervisory staff, who will engage in field inspections of pilots.

Well THAT will keep them safe in the air. We need more inspectors.

[ClearCase_guy]

Any normal person would ask "Who will benefit from this?" and the answer is quite obvious.

Something bad is going to happen. It don't know if it will involve planes. Obama seems to be weakening the US in quite a few areas simultaneously (economics, relations with allies, relations with enemies, military funding, personal safety, airline safety, etc.) There are now multiple avenues of attack that Obama has prepared to push this country over the edge.

It's coming.

[Thrownatbirth]

This will make a nice Drudge headline for the next 24 hrs: Pilots Disarmed!

[Nachum]

The List, ping

[utahson]

Always an ignorant freeper with BDS willing to blame GW for something Obama is doing!!!!! Give me a fraking break. Obama is doing this, blame him.