Posted on 08/19/2022 7:25:01 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition seeking a ban on Sikh passengers carrying kirpan on domestic flights operating from domestic terminals.
A Bench led by Justice Abdul Nazeer, however, granted liberty to petitioner Hindu Sena to approach the high court concerned.
The petitioner challenged the Aviation Security order dated March 4, 2022, and corrigendum dated March 12, 2022, issued by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) alleging that the exemption given to Sikhs created a loophole in the safety and security of airports and the aircraft and also safety and security of the passengers.
The Hindu Sena contended that it violated the fundamental right to life and personal liberty of individuals guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution. In March, Aviation security regulator BCAS had allowed Sikh aviation sector employees to carry kirpan on a person within the airport premises.
On March 4, 2020, the BCAS allowed Sikh passengers to carry kirpan with the exception that this shall be for Sikh passengers only and, no stakeholder or its employee at the airport (including Sikh) and working in any terminal, domestic or international, shall be allowed to carry kirpan on the person. But on March 12, the BCAS removed the exception and allowed its Sikh employees to carry kirpan. The petitioner had sought a direction to restrain any article in the airport on the basis of religion that may pose a potential threat to the flight.
The petitioner claimed that the said order was issued in a discriminatory manner and the respondents acted like anti-secular and allowed members of the Sikh community to carry kirpan at their person not only at the airports but also in the flight cabin on domestic flights. It had sought appropriate direction to the respondents to rectify the anomaly in the said order of the respondents.
Gibbs rule#9, Always carry a knife.
I am in favor of this decision for two reasons.
One, the Sikhs are in general good people.
And two, if a Muslim should try to highjack a plane a Sikh would have no problem stabbing him to death.
Demos say AR-15 is a religion.
“And two, if a Muslim should try to highjack a plane a Sikh would have no problem stabbing him to death.”
Sikhs and Gurkhas been killing mussies for 1,000 years. They have memories as long as the mussies.
I would trust a Sikh WAAAAY over seeing a welfare brat with an attitude.
Great rules!!
And just think, it was his lovely Kelly who actually inspired him to have his own Rules of Life.
That episode rocked!!
That was a top notch one. It’s cool to get the backstory.
I think your #2 reason is why there are folks who don’t want Sikh’s to be able to carry a Kirpan on the flights.
It’s a good idea in general. And, as you said,”...in general, they are a good people.”
Imagine, if those on 9/11 had been armed with their own weapons and didn’t hesitate to use them.
We do know for a fact there was one airplane’s folks who saved thousands because they opted to try to take the plane back.... heroes....
A kirpan a day keeps the hijacker away . . or something like that.
The problem is a Muslim or other grabbing the dagger from the Sikh and going on a killing spree. The presence of a weapon (not belonging to trained security personnel ) is itself a hazard.
Starting the Church of the Holy 2nd Amendment...
Sikhs have on occasion bombed planes, among other things. They are better than Muslims, but worse than Christians or Jews.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Sikh_terrorism_in_India
And don’t even think about telling a Gurkha not to bring his kukri!
Not to mention the Sikhs have their own terror movement (”Khalistan”). They blew up an Air India 747 jetliner in 1985.
Missed post #14 !
The Church of John Moses Browning...
The Sikhs will tell you it's a sword, no matter how short it might be.
If you persist in calling it a 'dagger,' he might even show it to you ... briefly.
They’ll say absolutely anything to see if it sticks to the wall.
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