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

[Steve Schear]

At 11:15 AM 9/13/2001 -0700, Derek Balling <dredd at megacity.org> wrote:
>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?

I can't speak to the why since those thoughts are rarely communicated 
outside the FAA.  Perhaps its the Fed LEs themselves who reluctant to go 
through the paperwork unless they are traveling on business.

steve