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February 07, 2005
Arming Pilots
Time reports that "more than 4,000 pilots are authorized to carry guns, and each day they fly armed on more flights than do air marshals." I always thought it was obvious that if you trust pilots to fly planes then you should trust pilots to carry weapons. Instapundit has a reader who claimd that it is incredibly difficult for pilots to get permission to possess a gun, that they must pay for their own required training, and they must check the gun if a passanger, which results in a lot of missing guns. He writes "The original number of pilots that signed up for the program was in the tens of thousands, but most dropped out after seeing all the hurdles and hassle that TSA has thrown up"
Posted by Pete at February 7, 2005 03:41 PM
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