It seems to me that there is a bit of a disconnect between what the op-ed piece in the Times said and what the TSA said in response. The gist of the original article was that 2 million dollars of the program's funding had been diverted to something else indicating that this may in fact be the beginning of the FFDO program drawdown. When one considers the general anti-gun stance we see from the Obama administration this is not an unreasonable conclusion.

The TSA response simply states that THEY intend to increase the program-emphasis on "they". This is precisely what one would expect from this agency. There is nothing in the TSA statement that addresses the reduction in funding that occurred.

TSA wants the program to grow. What TSA WANTS and what the Obama admin GIVES may in fact be 2 completely different things. This bears close watching.

Along similar lines, research IL state rep Durkin (D) and Illinois bill HR687 and what that means for the future of firearm ownership in Illinois. It is not good.