To <penny_langford@ronpaulforcongress.com>
Subject RON PAUL UPDATE
09/21/01
WELCOME TO THE RON PAUL UPDATE
This email is designed to let Ron Paul supporters know what is he is
doing in Washington D.C. and District 14, Texas. Please feel free to
forward this to friends, family and concerned Americans. Congressman
Paul is known for his conservative Texas values, but more importantly,
for his strict and uncompromising stand for the United States
Constitution.
PAUL INTRODUCES AVIATION SAFETY BILL
In the aftermath of Tuesday's terrorist bombings in New York and
Washington, on Friday September 14, Congressman Ron Paul introduced
legislation designed to help airlines fight terrorism and provide safety
for pilots and passengers. "The Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001" or
H.R. 2896, insures that pilots and law
enforcement personnel assigned to protect aircraft will be
permitted to carry
firearms.
"Thousands of innocent people died, and are suffering the loss
of loved ones, because of the barbaric acts of just a few thugs with
knives and box cutters. These few committed the act without the use of
one firearm, yet, the innocent thousands could have been saved if only
the pilots were able to defend their aircraft with a gun. Evil is in the
heart and not in the tools," commented Paul. "Anti-gun bills
have left the innocent vulnerable and without protection. Our security
is the whole reason for the Second Amendment and we must get that
Constitutional right back if we are to remain free."
We are encouraging everyone concerned with flight safety to call the
leadership of the House of Representatives at the numbers below. We want
to get this bill on to the House Floor for vote as soon as possible. If
you are an airline pilot, you should call in and express your concern
for the safety of your passengers and yourself by supporting this bill.
- House Majority Leader Dick Army 1-202-225-7772
- Speaker of the House Denny Hastert 1-202-225-0600
- Majority Whip Tom Delay 1-202-225-5951
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from http://www.aero-news.net/
9/23
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. [Note: This law has been in effect for
decades --ed.]
(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--
[FrontPage Image Map Component] (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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