FAA To Rescind Federal 'Crew Carry' Rule
Pressed to reveal just what kind of firearms program was indeed approved by the Administrator ("Feds: Airline Employees May Pack Heat," 09-18-01, ANN), a source close to the regulators has said that the FAA plans to make it clear that there is no "course of training in the use of firearms acceptable to the Administrator," as required by 14 USC 108.11.
That fact is to become policy on November 14, we're told by a reliable source. No one, as far as we've been able to find out, ever has been so authorized; and no one, apparently, ever will be.
Just how the FAA would rescind part of the United States Code was not explained; the FAA probably doesn't really have to -- all it has to do is ignore the implied mandate in the law.
The Conservative News Source tends to confirm what we have, in a Jeff Johnson piece, that says, "A new Federal Aviation Regulation scheduled to take effect in November of this year would take away the right of pilots, co-pilots, and navigators to carry firearms and other weapons for self-defense. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) spokesman Paul Takemoto acknowledged Thursday that flight crews have been authorized to carry firearms for the past 20 years. 'That will change on November 14,' he said. 'The new rule will not include authorization (to carry firearms) and crew members will no longer be allowed to carry arms.'"
Ref: TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (Continued)
Sec. 108.11 Carriage of weapons.
(a) No certificate holder required to conduct screening under a security program may permit any person to have, nor may any person have, on or about his or her person or property, a deadly or dangerous weapon, either concealed or unconcealed, accessible to him or her while aboard an airplane for which screening is required unless:
(1) The person having the weapon is--
(i) An official or employee of the United States, or a State or political subdivision of a State, or of a municipality who is authorized by his or her agency to have the weapon; or
(ii) Authorized to have the weapon by the certificate holder and the Administrator and has successfully completed a course of training in the use of firearms acceptable to the Administrator.
...(5) The certificate holder--
(b) No person may, while on board an airplane operated by a certificate holder for which screening is not conducted, carry on or
about that person a deadly or dangerous weapon, either concealed or unconcealed. This paragraph does not apply to--
(1) Officials or employees of a municipality or a State, or of the United States, who are authorized to carry arms; or
(2) Crewmembers and other persons authorized by the certificate holder to carry arms.
New legislation, introduced last Friday by Rep. Ron Paul, M.D. (R-TX), HR 2896 would provide that, "no department or agency of the Federal Government shall prohibit any pilot, copilot, or navigator of an aircraft, or any law enforcement personnel specifically detailed for the protection of that aircraft, from carrying a firearm." It's certainly worth a look. After all, if a flight crew can handle nearly a million pounds of potential 'weapon of mass destruction,' like a full-up 747, it should be able to operate something as tiny and as simple as a gun. Who's the enemy here?
FMI: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/get-cfr.cgi?TITLE=14&PART=108&SECTION=11&YEAR=2001&TYPE=TEXT
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