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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 1:44 pm
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Originally Posted by bambi47
It must depend on the jurisdiction. Phila. police officers are not allowed to carry a weapon on an airplane off duty.
Actually they are under H.R. 218. That mandated nationwide carry for offduty LE personnel, regardless of the state laws. Of course the peoples republic of NY and NJ along with california don't think that applies to them as usual

FWIW, Military and LE personnel have carried guns on acft for YEARS... All it took was a letter from the Dept authorizing it. Also, FBI, US Marshals and Secret Service carry on any flight they are on. This thread has degenerated, yet again, into a cop bashing thread without a shred of evidence... All by what appear to be a bunch of armchair quarterbacks who had never had to face that situation themselves, but love to point out "failures" of others with perfect clarity.... sigh...
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