>Maybe the FAA doesn't want the plane going down when a gun goes off?
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And who says I would shoot while in the air? Your point also runs counter to the fact that airline pilots can go armed, as are the federal air marshalls. Since when does a pilot train more on shooting than a cop? If the air marshall can go armed, why not any other cop? Once again, this is probably a law written by a well intentioned, but idiotic, legislator. Or, it could have come from some bureaucrat deep inside the Government.<g>