RiverCity,
Think about what you posted:
"Quite a "non-event" when you're down on the runway being handcuffed at gunpoint. Sorry, guy, but you can't blame the media for calling thirty armed cops with drawn guns."
The story is not "Terrorist Attack On President Averted" but rather, "Authorities Overreact To Pilot Doing His Job."
Dittos to Squawk7777. At this rate their won't be any private aviation in a few years. The federal govenment throws up restricted airspace capriciously thinking it will keep everyone out. (See this months FLYING magazine -a few hot pilots complaining about these random restrictions.) Wrong. By highlighting these inadvertant and inevitable incursions into random restricted areas, the Feds are simply telling the terrorists, "Come and get 'em." Stupid move if you ask me. They could have simply follwed this guy to his destination (or logged his N number and called the owner) and asked him a few questions. Thirty weapons pointed at a guy doing his job only emphasizes the ludicrous nature of our response to terrorism. The guy had a shot at the Prez and didn't take it. Either direct the offender away with other escort aircraft ( an S-76 helicopter equipped with F-16 radar to look for incoming aircraft and another one to supplement and chase the offender away) or give up and expect that a few civil aircraft will pass nearby. It will happen again. And again. And with this response, the press will trumpet the shortcomings to everyone.
PT