J. Neil Schulman On I can't take it anymore ....

[Derek Balling]

At 10:28 PM -0700 9/12/01, Steve Schear wrote:
>>If local police officers who fly were allowed to carry their guns with
>>them, warned only to switch to frangible ammunition, this couldn't have
>>happened.
>
>But they are.  On U.S. domestic flights they have merely to present 
>themselves and acceptable credentials (which BTW the airline 
>personnel are poorly trained to authenticate) and state in a form 
>that they are traveling for LE purposes.  There are other 
>formalities that are followed, but overall they are not restricted 
>from carrying.

But why should it have to be "for law enforcement purposes"? Is the 
LEO somehow "less capable of handling his firearm properly" because 
he's not travelling to LGA to pick up a prisoner?

D

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