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Reading Comprehension, people...
The original story was about a pilot who got busted for having an undeclared firearm in his CHECKED luggage.
He wasn't wearing it on his hip, or in his pocket, or his ankle. He had it in his CHECKED LUGGAGE, and he didn't declare or properly secure it. It has nothing to do with polits being able to leaglly carry in the cockpit. It has hothing to do with Pilots having Air Marshall credentials. The pilot F-ed up, and did something that even a TSA officer would have gotten busted for.
Anyone who is legal to own a gun CAN legally put a firearm in their checked luggage--IF you declare it with TSA, and IF you have it in a TSA-approved container.
But you can't just go tossing a pistol in your soft-sided Samsonite, and throw it on the "checked luggage" desk, which is what this pilot did.
Go back and read the story. About 90% of this thread is nonsensical BS that has NOTHING to do with the original story--do some of of you people even BOTHER to use the hotlinks and read these stories before you comment on them?
Jumpin' Haysoose on a pogostick, people... Reading is Fundamental...