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Airline pilots blame faulty rules for gun's firing

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Inadequate handgun rules designed by Department of Homeland Security officials are to blame for last weekend's accidental discharge of a pistol by a commercial pilot during landing preparations, a pilots association said yesterday.

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#3 ·
Ditto! "It's not my fault. The moon phase was ......." Take responsibility for being an idiot.
 
#6 ·
Did anybody bother to read the article? It said the pilot was following the rules to secure his handgun before he left the cockpit. This consisted of trying to insert a padlock through a hole in the holster to secure it through the triggerguard, one assumes behind the trigger. However, while juggling a handgun, holster, and padlock on his lap while simultaneously flying a huge jet he got the padlock in front of the trigger and it went boom. Assuming he is telling the truth, the TSA rules would seem unsafe at best.
 
#7 ·
Exactly, I'm in agreement with the kernel. It only takes a few moments to read the article. Give the guy the benefit of being innocent until proven guilty.
 
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