[Robert_Paulson2]

It seems our president, does not trust air force veterans with guns on their planes to prevent the loss of lives circa 9-11.

He's tweakin' some of us pretty hard buddy. I'm ready to bolt.

[wcbtinman]

What amazes me about all of this is that the cry to allow passengers to also go armed on aircraft has been lost in the debate. Why should I, having the same military and other training, a clean criminal background, etc as any pilot, be relegated to second class citizen status?

I want the pilots armed. That said, the pilots should try to stay in the cockpit and fly the aircraft. Me and my fellow "victims" will kill the terrorists.

I never say never, but I cannot now think of any circumstance that would make me purchase a ticket to fly anywhere until I'm allowed to carry my handgun, without hassle or govt "permission".

[Mulder]

Not allowing pilots to fly armed is gross incompetence at best, and high treason at worst.

Either way, the tyrannical politicians responsible for such a decision should either resign from their office, or be removed through Acts of Congress.

[El Gato]

instead of a president who cruises around on Air Force One surrounded by armed Secret Service officers?

And often has fighter aircraft in attendence, to protect the aircraft, rather than to shoot it down.

[herewego]

To hell with what bush and mineta want- I refuse to travel unarmed.
For the anti's figure this- if the guvmint trusts tasers and stun guns to be effective, why aren't they being issued to our police and military now?
If stun guns and such crap actually work,
then may I carry only my .45, till then- screw what some agency tells me.

I'll make my own decision.

[Washington_minuteman]

It's not that the government doesn't trust We the People, it's that they are afraid of the People. This is a condition that preserves freedom and liberty against tyranny.

John Magaw, the former reichminister of the BATF, doesn't want any more civilians to be armed than already are, which is, in the mind of that argument for retroactive abortion, already too many.

This globalist toady knows that the only thing stopping their, the globalists, conquest of this nation is the millions, I heard lately it was 140-million, of guns and gun owners, many of which would offer up stiff resistance to such a treasonous act.

It's much easier to committ genocide when your prospective victims can't shoot back.

Apparently, the Gramscian change-agents in the government training camps and the Quisling politicians and bureaucrats haven't done their job as quickly as originally intended because, these evil creatures are doing things now which speak of desperation.

[Rudder]

I invite the author to come to the steel-producing Ohio Valley and tell his lies to the union members.

Foreign steel imports were being subsidized by their governments' illegal actions--that's what Bush sought to curb. But, if your livelihood does not depend on making and selling steel legally, who cares?