Very good point, John. I was just commenting that the Feds will probably be
all over him, too. I'm not encouraging that, I just think he deserves
plenty of grief.

A bunch of the neighbors around our airport are pretty irrational (see
http://www.bbbccc.net/ for the most organized group). I would not be all
that surprised if someone took a potshot at one of us someday. I sometimes
feel like a target on short final. I hope I'm wrong.

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)


"John Galban" wrote in message
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Bob Chilcoat wrote:
Not to mention Federal charges for firing at an aircraft. The TSA
ought to
get a shot at him too, for terrorism. This guy's toast, and deserves
every
bit of it.


Do you think it's wise to encourage the government to label every
criminal a terrorist, just so they can get more mileage on a case?
Frankly, I get a little disturbed when new laws that were specifically
targetted to improve terrorist intervention are used against common
criminals for common criminal acts. The result is that the increase
powers of law enforcement and prosecutors under these statutes are no
longer limited to the actual terrorists. They just slap a label on
anyone and rights begin to disappear.

That's well on the way down the slippery slope that started out by
rationalizing that taking away rights from "terrorists" would be a good
thing.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)