I feel the need to add a quote here. This is from an Aviation Week article that was published before this bill was signed in to law. The article is titled; Airline Pilots: Arm us and they will come. In it they published the remarks of a Northwest captain that I found both humorous and telling. Quote: " When an 18 year old National Guardsman can stand around an airport with an M16 and a semiautomatic pistol with a 15 round clip" the Northwest pilot said. "I'm 43 years old, have years of military service, been around nuclear weapons, had higher than top secret clearences, am an expert with a pistol, M16 rifle and a grenade launcher, have 26 years of flying experience and am an airline captain. Now, let me get this straight. you'll trust an 18 year old with a Berretta, but not me with a gun? I think that's an insult."
Ladies and Gents. Regardless of where you stand on this issue, and I have yet to make up my mind, that's a tough point to argue against.