In The Star’s article regarding proposed new security rules for private jets (2/24, A-1, “Security plans rankle Kansans; Private jets would be subject to tougher rules, angering the industry and state lawmakers”), Rep. Todd Tiahrt compared it to searching passengers in a recreational vehicle or passenger car.
I have been to California in both a car and a recreational vehicle, and we were stopped and searched to see if we were bringing any fruit into the state. Although it was a little inconvenient to us, it was necessary, I’m sure, to protect their agriculture.
Isn’t it worth a little hassle and inconvenience (like golf clubs being banned as carry-ons) to minimize the possibility of terrorists using general aviation to attack our country?
If such an attack did occur by terrorists and we did not have the security in place, I imagine that Sens. Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback and Rep. Tiahrt would be the first to blame the Obama administration.
Delores Straub
Independence
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Its just how much to you want the terrorist to win by sacraficing our freedoms. Searches here....searchers there. Regulations galore. We have a communist state as it is.
Posted by: Stifled Freedom | March 09, 2009 at 10:24 AM