A Bill to allow Airline Pilots to arm themselves has passed the Senate but may need some help in the House. There is a petition going around you can sign at:
http://www.rightswatch.org
Also I would recommend calling or emailing your Representative and the following ones as well.
Office of Congressman Don Young
Chairman of the Transportation Committee
2111 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-5765 - Phone
(202) 225-0425 - Fax
John L. Mica
Chairman of the Aviation Sub Committee
2445 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4035
Fax: (202) 226-0821
William O. Lipinski
Ranking Member of the Aviation Sub Committee
2470 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-5701
Fax: (202) 225-1012
E-Mail Address:
[email protected]Below is a sample text of a letter. Revise as you desire.
Honorable Congressman (Insert full name here)
(insert appropriate address here)
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-xxxx
October 17, 2001
Subject: Attack on America
Dear Congressman ___________,
Senator Bob Smith of New Hampshire has introduced S.1463,
the Airline Safety Act of 2001 that supports the arming of
cockpit crewmembers. I support the Bob Smith amendment.
The tragic events in New York vividly reveal our need to
create new layers of protection to prevent hijackers from
doing this type of thing again. However, if all these layers
of protection fail, what option does the airline pilot have?
Throw everyone in the airplane to the ceiling and back to
the floor over and over again until the hijacking attempt is
stopped?
Airline pilots need a tool as the last line of defense that
will give them the opportunity to protect the lives of their
passengers, crew and innocent citizens on the ground. That
tool is a handgun, proper training and authorization to use
it in a critical situation. This tool could very well
prevent the President from making the awful decision of
having a commercial airliner shot down by our own military
aircraft.
As a group, I believe airline pilots are very mature,
responsible individuals that already are entrusted with the
lives of thousands of passengers each year. Many served in
the U.S. Military and were qualified with small arms. They
have the ability to think clearly under pressure.
We should be grateful that so many airline pilots are
willing to defend so many of us in this new way. We should
authorize and train them to do so both on and off duty as
many pilots travel each day with their families, commute to
work or deadhead in-between flights. Many of these men and
women could act as additional plain clothes Federal Air
Marshals on hundreds of flights each day industry wide if
they were properly trained and authorized to do so.
Thank you for your consideration.
Full Name
Street Address
City and State w/ zip code
Phone contact
Addesses and sample letter from:
http://www.frontsight.com
Thanks