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Senator Tells TSA: Arm Pilots or Lose Funding
2 April 2004
Cybercast News Service
CAPITAL HILL — Frustrated by the Transportation Security Administration's delay in arming airline pilots with guns, four members of Congress said Thursday they want the agency to quit dragging its feet.
"We're not interested in any excuses from here on out. This is too important to our national security," said Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.), who introduced legislation that would require TSA to speed up the process of arming pilots.
Bunning was joined by Sens. Barbara... (GunPolicy.org)