Originally Posted by
Fishfreighter
The FFDO gun nuts just want to concealed carry. That's all they ever wanted.
Not seeing the down side there. Federal prisons are an interesting place, weapons of any type are absolutely prohibited-yet they have an extremely high murder rate. Much of it accomplished with rather crude weapons.
Being the egalitarian sort, I am perfectly happy to let the anti-gun nuts go about their business by leaning on others for protection.
Thanks to all the FFDOs and cops and citizens for being responsible.
Originally Posted by
zyttocs
Retired law officer here and current Corporate Flight Department manager. No way should pilots be given Law Enforcement Powers and be allowed open carry. When you carry a gun and have the responsibility of controlling it, deploying it, and exercising legal or lawful authority, it takes all of your attention and commitment… attention taken away from flying and controlling the plane. I would rather know that my pilots are secure in the cockpit and focused on getting the plane on the ground rather than playing cowboys and Indians. Acting as a law officer and deploying a firearm is a different mindset than acting as a pilot. Lets not mix the two unless the pilot has someone that can replace him in the cockpit, and he has been through a police academy and has a few years on the street learning how to be a cop. Pilots should stick to flying.
I agree that open carry is a bad idea, mostly because it is a poor tactic when surprise is important.
Unfortunately, we have all had to relearn that a boxcutter can be quite the distraction from safe conduct of the flight.
It may surprise you that many here have been able to manage one or more fairly sophisticated aircraft and conduct war at the same time.