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The Washington Times is reporting that the Obama administration is ending the federal firearms program that allows pilots to carry guns if they’ve completed a federal-safety program.

After the September 11 attacks, commercial airline pilots were allowed to carry guns if they completed a federal-safety program. No longer would unarmed pilots be defenseless as remorseless hijackers seized control of aircraft and rammed them into buildings.

Now President Obama is quietly ending the federal firearms program, risking public safety on airlines in the name of an anti-gun ideology.

This past week, the administration apparently diverted $2 million from the pilot training program to hire more supervisory staff, who will engage in field inspections of pilots. Since Barack Obama was elected, the approval process for pilots to carry guns on planes “slowed significantly.” And with this move last week, the process has completely stalled.

As of right now, 12,000 pilots have been approved to carry guns.   Has a pilot gone nuts on an airplane or improperly brandished the use of a gun?  Zero cases have been reported.  So why would Obama do such a thing? It’s all about control people.  The Democrats are in charge and they want to disarm the people that they are in control of.