[chainsaw]

And these air crew should NOT be armed?

Correct, Bush and many of our reps in congress would rather have an F-16 shoot you down, rather than give the piilot somethiung to protect you with, because they say a .45 is dangerous.

[meenie]

Presidente Bush has not fired his gun-toting Secret Service. His life is worthy of self-defense protection. Do I get a whiff of elitism and hypocrisy here?

[SevenDaysInMay]

I want our air crews to be armed because .45's are so dangerous. Say a Glock #30 with 10+1 185 gr. HP at 700 f/s? SAMS and bombs are still threats, but why not solve one major problem?

This Beltway debate has the same foolishness as federal union work rules protection in Homeland Defense. Decades of "gun control" politics crashes and burns if citizens are allowed to carry. An air crew militia?

Nanny state officials share "power" reluctantly.