Obama secretly ends program that let pilots carry guns to protect themselves from hijackers!

obama-picture.jpgAfter the 9/11 muslim terrorist attacks, commercial airline pilots were allowed to carry guns if they completed a federal-safety program. This was done so that they weren’t defenseless against hijackers. Now Hussein Obama has secretly ended the federal firearms program, risking public safety on airlines in the name of an anti-gun ideology. From the Washington Times:

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.”

March 17, 2009 · Filed Under Gun Control, Terrorism

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