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To: Heywood40 who wrote (1057046)	2/25/2018 3:30:56 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Recommended By locogringo Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574018

he's 19 and graduated from HS 2 years ago in calif

To: Heywood40 who wrote (1057046)	2/25/2018 3:57:43 PM
From: locogringo	1 Recommendation Recommended By longnshort Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574018

Vote in my poll: Message 31500926 Dear United Airlines And Delta: If You Really Oppose Guns, Disarm Your Pilots And Crews Legacy airlines United and Delta announced Saturday that they will no longer offer discounted bulk travel rates for NRA members to use exclusively for NRA gatherings, to which an estimated 100% of NRA members nationwide perplexedly responded, “Delta and United used to give NRA members travel discounts?” Now that United and Delta have made crystal clear their hostility toward a constitutionally protected civil right, they should follow their newfound activism to its logical conclusion and disarm not only the U.S. Marshals who protect their flights but also the airlines’ own pilots and crews. (Tweets) Until Wednesday’s White House meeting with parents and family members of the shool shooting in Parkland, Florida, many Americans may have been unaware that airline crews regularly carry guns. President Trump explained, “A lot of airline pilots now—a lot of them—carry guns.” He was referring to the Arming Pilots Against Terrorism Act, signed into law as part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 after the September 11 terrorist attacks. For 16 years the law has deputized flight crew members as federal law enforcement officers authorized to keep and use firearms aboard aircraft. In addition to locked and loaded pilots and stewardesses, since United and Delta have also since 1961 enjoyed the protection of the Federal Air Marshal Service, which deploys armed federal agents onto commercial flights. Original Article