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5 pages. Should airlines pilots be allowed to carry guns in the cockpits of commercial airliners? No matter what the opinion there are now laws in effect allowing this. There are as many different opinions on this question as there are gun laws. This excellent paper gives the facts on this controversy as seen through the eyes of several different interest groups including the NRA, the House, the Senate, the Airline Pilots Association and others. A short paragraph at the end of the paper includes whether or not the cited websites were of good use in writing this paper. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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as many different opinions on this question as there are gun laws. This excellent paper gives the facts on this controversy as seen through the eyes of several different
interest groups including the NRA, the House, the Senate, the Airline Pilots Association and others. PILOTS CARRYING GUNS It has long been the stance of the National Rifle
Association that if the airlines pilots involved in the September 11 terrorist attacks had been allowed to carry guns the attacks would never have been carried out. While nobody
can predict what the outcome might have been had the pilots been armed, it is safe to say that the National Rifle Association is greatly in favor of allowing pilots
trained in the use of firearms to be allowed to have guns in the cockpits. Opponents to that stance recommend the use of sky marshals rather than having the pilots
armed. The National Rifle Association disagrees with this however. "To protect all domestic flights would take 150,000 of them, so its very unlikely there will be a federal
air marshal on your next flight," said National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre. "But, you can bet there will be pilots, and they should have the right to
protect that cockpit with a firearm" (Burns, 2002, PG). The Airline Pilots Association, which is the largest pilots union, requested support from its members in helping to pass the bill
that would allow guns in the cockpit. Many pilots feel that if the pilots are trained in the use of firearms and feel comfortable with using a gun, there
is no reason why they should not be allowed to have a gun onboard. "More than 3,000 people were murdered, billions of dollars of property damage was incurred, the nations
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