philip964 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 12:08 pm https://www.uncoverdc.com/2023/04/25/ar ... t-say-yes/
You might already be on TSA Terrorist watch list. Air Marshall’s wife was.
This is both political oppression and a massive waste of taxpayer resources: Federal Air Marshal Service is spending $805M every year
Arming and training the people is much more cost effective:
In the case of protecting our airliners... 176 TIMES more cost effective.The federal cost to have a deputized FFDO on board is approximately $17; the cost incurred for each FAM onboard is approximately $3,000.
The Federal Flight Deck Officer Program
A Model of Effectiveness and Efficiency in a Government/Industry Partnership
Our forefathers warned us of this long ago:
-Antifederalist PapersIt is asserted by the most respectable writers upon government, that a well regulated militia, composed of the yeomanry of the country, have ever been considered as the bulwark of a free people. Tyrants have never placed any confidence on a militia composed of freemen. Experience has taught them that a standing body of regular forces, whenever they can be completely introduced, are always efficacious in enforcing their edicts, however arbitrary