Originally Posted by Old NFO
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
But how does that mesh with FAA rules on guns being permitted onto planes? That is the "national concealed carry for all cops, retired, off-duty, etc. notwithstanding" law, and it states that it does not authorize cops to carry onto school grounds and other places where they would not be allowed to carry except in cases of duty, and it would seem planes would fall under that categorization.
Originally Posted by Old NFO
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.
FBI, US Marshals, Secret Service, etc. are allowed to carry firearms onto planes whether on or off duty and do not need individual documentation as to their need to do so.
However, others (such as non-federal LEOs) must document their need via the described letter from their department. That letter must, to my knowledge, explain the need for such, and is not going to allow them to carry on each and every flight or when off-duty, but instead described why they need to carry in the line of duty for a given set of flights.
Originally Posted by Old NFO
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...
Some people may be "cop bashing," but most are disagreeing with how certain situations have been handled, which does not IMHO constitute "cop bashing."