Boy, if you thought that I was hard on Mr. Magaw, you should see what non-compassionate conservative Ann Coulter has to say.

...The reason Magaw decided to prohibit pilots from having guns is ? and I quote ? "they really need to be in control of that aircraft."

This is literally the stupidest thing I've heard in my entire life.

It is like saying women walking home late at night in dangerous neighborhoods shouldn't carry guns (or mace, for the gunphobic) because they "really need to be getting home." If the undersecretary for transportation security thinks we need to debate whether pilots "really need to be in control of the aircraft," someone other than him really needs to be in control of airline security...

She's not very nice to "Underperformin' Norman" either.

...Mineta recently said he was unaware of any "specific" threat against aviation.

They hate us. They're trying to kill us. They use airplanes as weapons. If Mineta doesn't talk to his boss, can't he at least read the papers?