Air travel has long been a 4th Amendment-free zone, with warrantless searches. But Delta Airlines has found two more Amendments thatb it thinks we should do without. Delta Bans Checked Firearms on D.C.-Bound Flights as Over 800 People Placed on Its No-Fly List Delta Airlines will not allow firearms in checked bags on flights to … Read more
From the Associated Press: A former Navy SEAL who has said he killed Osama bin Laden has been banned by Delta Air Lines after removing his face mask during a flight. Robert O’Neill tweeted about his ban on Thursday, and the airline confirmed the action. I had my mask in my lap. Everyone has gone … Read more
Dick’s Sporting Goods should serve as a giant warning sign of the perils of practicing corporate gun control advocacy. To the tune of $150 million. And Levi’s. And Delta Airlines ($40 million annually). Now Walmart’s CEO is making noises that sound like he wants to sail those same perilous seas, too, signaling his company’s support … Read more
Opposing gun-related groups duel at close quarters at Democratic convention Way to go, TSRA . . . The gun debate was front and center Friday at the Texas Democrats’ state convention. In the middle of the exhibit hall, volunteers for Moms Demand Action, a group calling for changes to gun laws, found themselves running a … Read more
Reader Michael in GA writes: I’ve been working at Delta Airlines for 31 years. For the previous 20 years of my life, I grew up under the roar of the jets screaming over my head while at school and home in Red Oak, Georgia. The airport is my life and my life has been Delta. … Read more
Following our earlier post on zip-tied luggage at airports, a reader who prefers to remain anonymous writes: I just got back from a trip to a skeet competition in San Antonio and we dealt with the new TSA gun transport “rules”. Here is how lax and sad the situation is. Traveling from Jacksonville to San … Read more
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