Posted on 03/17/2009 7:03:27 AM PDT by 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.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Sorry Ron, I have been here since march 2006 under “jrooney” (never banned). As far as attacks are concerned ole Carrie started attacking GW for something Obama is doing. You post something stupid, you are going to rile people feathers. I will clean up my posts, a little.
security or financial,
the liberal-socialists
always
act to hurt the po’ and middle classes.
Mineta was a “fraking” joke. 43 should never have appointed a loser Democrat in the first place.
Thanks greyfoxx39. I just copied and will have them laminated and will hand out to people.
Are these available on line?
By “transparent” he really meant “invisible”.
I refuse to fly unless it’s international and I have no choice..
Bush certainly deserves a certain amount of criticism and to do so isn't necessarily BDS, it seems some are a bit hypersensitive to it though. After all, don't we review history to discover our mistakes, talk about them then learn from them?
In the end, we're all on the same side, I hope. :)
I had not thought of that.
These are NOT accidents or stupidity. He is destroying America on purpose!
I photoshopped that particular graphic from this one:
Oh joy, another noob here to tell an old-timer what a true freeper should be like. News flash, son: Bush took us down the socialist path. Obama’s just doing it at lightspeed right now.
All I can say is... Unbelievable. I am now convinced he’s trying to get us attacked. All doubt is gone now.
so WHY end it???
Because it’s fedgov authorizing a citizen to be armed. Can’t have that.
“Let’s make it easy for the terrorists!”
Way back when Hussein began his campaign against Hillary, et al., I believed he was a sleeper terrorist. Seemed he was just biding his time until he could find power and destroy America quietly from the inside. Sounds like he’s just doing his sinister job for Allah.
While we are at it, let’s remove that pesky cockpit door from all planes. No need to have a barrier that Terrorists can’t get through.
Yes we have overlooked another hole. It’s called “The Border” and it’s been known for years that non-mexican foreigners (including the middle east) have snuck in through the southern borders, mainly. Estimated thousands over the years. And disappeared into the country.
“We should also completely disarm Air Force One.”
Bingo!
If we don’t need guns for protection, neiter does he.
Also remove all secret service protection from legislators.
It came out well and I made about 10 copies. Thanks again.
We need magnetic stickers that can be removed when we park our cars because the 0bama followeres will smash car windows or key the paint.
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