Comments on: Is Obama starving federal firearms program for pilots?

By: Daily Pundit » Terrorists Oppose Armed Pilots

Daily Pundit » Terrorists Oppose Armed Pilots — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:26:14 +0000

[...] Michelle Malkin » Is Obama starving federal firearms program for pilots? 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. [...]

By: FirstSkirt

FirstSkirt — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:54:59 +0000

I went from zero guns to two in less than two weeks in November. I am now going for a third and storing up on ammo. The libs can laugh about this and think whatever they want, but we have some serious problems with Obama and his crew. Better be prepared during “the Obama reign of hell” as Lindsay #37 says.

By: The Terrorist Passenger Safety Act « Vox Clamantis in Deserto

The Terrorist Passenger Safety Act « Vox Clamantis in Deserto — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:28:04 +0000

[...] Hat tip: Michelle Malkin [...]

By: RyanInSanJose

RyanInSanJose — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:07:12 +0000

RetFireman,

I believe a severely modified version of the AR-15 is legal in California, although I could be wrong.

By: RetFireman

RetFireman — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:57:02 +0000

Can you even buy an AR-15 in California?

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:48:26 +0000

So far, this makes me the maddest of any day in the Obama reign of hell.

Daily I am afraid to ask what is next. Is this one of the items in the stimulus package that McCain said we won’t know about for months? Unreal.

By: Obama Administration wants you to die in a fiery jihadist inspired airplane crash

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:22:21 +0000

[...] that is how I take it anyway. They are shutting off the training program that permits pilots to carry firearms that would keep them, and their passengers, safe from [...]

By: nlebou

nlebou — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:07:13 +0000

On March 17th, 2009 at 11:27 pm, ITookTheRedPill said: Yes, and as sonofdy has pointed out, Obama has significantly changed the rules for government sale of once-used shells (which are reloaded and supply about a third of the ammunition market).

This was reversed. See it on HotAir

By: 24Klady

24Klady — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:01:58 +0000

thejim #33, you are absolutely correct. I’ve laughed at some of what I considered conspiracy theories and possibly hurt people’s feelings with it. Right now, chunk by chunk those theories are coming true, and I’m stepping up and apologizing. Watching the news is like pages turned to “1984″, any of Ayn Rand, “Soylent Green” with a good dose of “War of the Worlds” thrown in.

However, numbers speak volumnes. Join the NRA whether you own a firearm of not. Vets and their families need to get involved with their organizations – and be active and verbal. Most of all, the tea parties are gaining in number and that’s an excellent show of support.

Lastly, do arm yourself and store ample ammunition to safeguard and protect your loved ones. One interruption of the distribution of food will chain reaction into a crisis. I hoard foodstuffs by nature, and if I never use it, I’ll be a hero at the food banks.

By: Armed pilots - what’s up with the Federal Flight Deck Officers program? | Radio Vice Online

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:54:53 +0000

[...] at Hot Air asks if we are disarming pilots, as does Malkin and Atlas [...]

By: thejim

thejim — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:43:15 +0000

I don’t like sounding like a “Conspiracy Nut”,however, I suspect that none of this is coincidence. Our President had a well defined agenda coming in and he is implementing it fully. Our country and our citizens are being put in great danger on purpose. I hope that we manage to survive it. I seem to say “It’s going to be a long 4 years” at the end of my comments, but this time I say “The coming disaster won’t take 4 years to materialize”.

By: The 2nd Amendment Doesn’t Mention The Right To Affordable Bullets. « OutOfTheBlu

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:19:19 +0000

[...] risk criminal prosecution as well as their removal from the program. Despite these threats, pilots in the Federal Flight Deck Officers program have raised real concerns in multiple interviews. Possibly related [...]

By: rocketman

rocketman — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:34:49 +0000

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The pilot can kill all persons on board anytime he wants to do so. Give him a fighting chance–not KUNG FU training! If you don’t want to trust the pilot with a pistol you shouldn’t get on the plane.
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Most pilots have military experience–including basic firearms training. Anyone capable of passing the commercial pilot’s license tests and successfully flying a very complex airliner certainly has the good judgement to handle a revolver or semi-automatic handgun to shoot a terrorist dead at a 10 foot distance–without accidentally shooting himself or a passenger.
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The federally mandated pilot firearms training course is an insult to the pilots. A 1 hour familarization class at a shooting range is plenty good for the job they may have to do to protect their lives and the lives of the passengers–and the lives of the people on the ground in the targets of the next 9/11 style terrorist attack. Stupid POLITICALLY CORRECT POLICIES GET PEOPLE KILLED UNNECESSARILY!
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John Bibb
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By: cheapseat

cheapseat — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:53:46 +0000

can you smell the next 911 brewing? let’s not check arab males in the airports, that’s racial profiling and cair might file a lawsuit through the aclu. let’s wand 80 year old white women, they are so understanding. let’s take away the guns from the agents on board airlines, because as everyone knows, guns kill people and we don’t want those terrorist’s with explosive shoes to worry about getting shot while enjoying the friendly skies of obamaville.

By: Elm Creek Smith

Elm Creek Smith — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:49:48 +0000

On March 17th, 2009 at 11:27 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:
Yes, and as sonofdy has pointed out, Obama has significantly changed the rules for government sale of once-used shells (which are reloaded and supply about a third of the ammunition market).

That was reversed by DOD yesterday afternoon. Brass shell casings were recoded so they won’t have to be mutilated or crushed before sale. This will actually keep the value of this surplus higher than just the weight of the metal and provide more money to DOD.

Hope is not a plan; not all change is good. The resistance is here; the resistance is now. RESIST!!!!!

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