Most major US airlines ban guns in luggage for DC flights

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  1. ChiCowboy

    ChiCowboy Well-Known Member

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    Most major US airlines ban guns in luggage for DC flights (apnews.com)

    Airlines and airports say they are stepping up security before next week’s presidential inauguration, with Delta and other major airlines saying they will prohibit passengers flying to the Washington area from putting guns in checked bags.

    The moves follow the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump and politically tinged confrontations on some flights.

    Delta Air Lines was the first to announce Thursday that it will prohibit checking guns to Washington-area airports and was followed later in the day by United, Alaska, American and Southwest. All said their bans will start Saturday and run through Inauguration Day until Jan. 23.

    “We are all on high alert based on the events over the last couple weeks up in Washington,″ CEO Ed Bastian said Thursday on CNBC.

    I believe in responsible gun ownership and responsible restrictions, especially by private companies. First, social media. Now, the airlines. Private enterprise wants nothing to do with sedition.

    The Trump riot caused other restrictions, like alcohol bans, increased enforcement of confrontations and the FBI considering placing rioters on the no-fly list. Is Patriot Act II around the corner? Thanks to Trump.

    The nation will not fall victim to anti-democratic authoritarian minded people. They are losing, if only being banned from a company's services:

    Early last week, several Trump supporters in an airport and on a Delta flight from Salt Lake City to Washington heckled Sen. Mitt Romney, a Utah Republican who has criticized Trump and voted last year to remove him from office. Bastian said the hecklers were identified with help from airline employees and other passengers.

    “There are six people, and they will never fly Delta again,” Bastian told The Associated Press. “They have already been notified.”

    Other raucous passengers have been banned by other airlines, as well.

    These are temporary safeguards, and will hopefully be lifted after inauguration, but what we're seeing is the nation fighting back against violent attacks on our government.

    Our 1st and 2nd Amendment rights are intact, and the attempted coup has failed.
     
  2. Andrew Jackson

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    Sounds like a Great Move.

    How could anybody (possibly) be critical of the Airlines' decision?

    Why would anybody expect the Airlines to aid and abet Gun-Toting Domestic Terrorists who won't accept the results of a Free and Fair Election?

    Also, I would be in favor of the Airlines Banning Guns from All Checked Baggage indefinitely.
     
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    I definitely think our intel is picking up chatter about something happening in DC this week. This feels like something is going on other than some inbred goons with confederate flags.
     
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    ChiCowboy Well-Known Member

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    Agreed. The law allows the decision to be made by the airlines, and that law shouldn't be changed. Everything going into DC is going to be highly scrutinized for some time. Thanks Trump.
     
  5. fiddlerdave

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    Gee, how can I feel safe without my Glock with its dozens of high velocity loads in my bag?

    What if a flock of killer MS-13 geese buzzs our aeroplane?

    Gotta get these undocumented foreigners before they get to my daughters! MAGA!
     
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    Obviously a lot of Coordinated Major Things are being planned (all over the country, including State Capitols and other Federal Buildings within the states).

    These Trump-Inspired Domestic Terrorists, Radicalized by Parler (and Enabled by Trump's Rage Tweets) Hate America, and they feel that they are "making a statement" by pursuing Death and Destruction (in Trump's name).

    If anybody still thinks that Trump's Election wasn't the Biggest Mistake in American History, just look at these Domestic Terrorists (who Trump has Radicalized and Enabled).

    The Unfathomable Mustake of Trump's Election has caused the biggest disruption of American Domestic Tranquility since the Civil War.

    And, everybody saw this coming.

    4 Tears of Trump was the Imperfect Storm (which radicalized these Domestic Terrorists).

    January 20th can"t come soon enough
     
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    High velocity loads? Glocks are chambered in at most 10mm Auto, not a high velocity cartridge at all.

    Your firearm is in checked luggage. You can do this everywhere, including Australia. Under no reasonable interpretation is a legally checked firearm a threat on airplanes.
     
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    If they were only rioting and looting for the right party, they wouldn't be on the no fly list. BTW, first and second amendment rights have seriously eroded where Dems are in control. Living in Los Angeles, I see it firsthand.
     
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    This was a wise move.
     
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    It's like you're narrating our State's thoughts without error. Scary.
     
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    Don’t go interjecting facts into an appeal to emotion argument! :)
     
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    Why do I have this feeling that this fear of the inauguration riots is extremely over exaggerated?
     
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    Because it obviously IS.
     
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    :roflol:

    NO, it Isn't.

    The Credible Threats of these Trump-Inspired Domestic Terrorists WILL NOT end on the 20th.

    The increased security in DC will most likely become a Permanent Situation.

    Thanks alot, Trump!

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    Some do!

    Of course, go look around at Over Pressure ammunition.

    Lol!

    "legally checked firearm"? There ya go! Of course, people working to attack, kidnap and execute the Vice President and Congress and statehouses at 50 states? And every security person and cargo handler and flight attendent would NEVER want to supply or provide a powerful handgun with penetrating power, of course! Of course!

    :roflol:
     
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    10mm Auto is not a high velocity round and there is no +P ammo for it.

    This belongs in the conspiracy theory forum.
     
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    Yeah, that is why our intelligence agencies and police departments have all high alert for all of our country's capitols attacks, gee, similar, I am sure coincidencely, of our Capitol with BOTH Congress Houses in CRITICAL sessions to conclude the removal of Trump from the Presidency!

    Yeah, I am a conspiracy nut! Who would ever imagine people sneaking high-powered pistols into Congress, StateHouses, or get guns into aircraft to blackmail passengers or crash.

    Gee, no one has EVER done this.

    And it was obvious that there were and are turncoats, traitors, and anti-American nutcases all the way up to the President.
     
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    "High powered pistols" lol
     
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    Probably because you you have no personal responsibility for the safety of the inauguration.
     
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    Indeed, pretty screwy!

    Almost as ridiculous has half-naked, furr-covered painted guy who invaded and took over the control of the most powerful body of decisions in the planet!

    But that could never happen...

    BTW, high powered handguns:

    https://www.maxim.com/gear/10-most-powerful-handguns-planet
     
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    The claim was high velocity which no handgun round is, outside of impractical wildcat rounds.

    The criminal benefit of handguns is concealability, not velocity or power. If you think a S&W500 is useful in this context you have another thing coming.
     
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    Because it's fake news, but, awkwardness is a possibility.

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    Only wish they had done this a month ago.
     
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    I don't see any fear. I see rational reactions to the violence we witnessed last week. Nothing is being exaggerated. When people vow to return to the Capitol, what do you expect the country to do?
     
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    The concern is not safety on the airplanes - it is all about the DC area security. This is a temporary measure.
     
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