<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by clacko:
bdschobel & rssrsup. i beg to differ w y'all. if i can't carry a very small knife aboard , then i think that others should not be allowed to have weapons except on an ad hoc basis. i don't care who the person is or how qualified the person is. the weapon should be checked & not in the cabin. i am trying to think of a situation where any one other than the air crew should have a weapon. [marshall is air crew imho]</font>
This was in the later article,
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/2001...uard_dc_2.html
"The agent, who was not identified by the Secret Service, was to fly from Baltimore Washington International Airport to Dallas to protect Bush on vacation at his ranch in Crawford, Texas. He was carrying a weapon because he was on official duty."
If people feel that this agent didn't have the right to carry his weapon while on offical duty, they need a reality check.
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