Why Alleged Airline Mechanic Sabotage Reminds Us Of Second Amendment Importance

By Tom Knighton

Guns aren’t allowed on planes, for the most part. There are ways to fly with a gun, but they’re kind of a pain in the butt, enough so that it’s often just easier to drive instead of flying.

As such, it’s easy to see some reports of potential terrorism regarding planes and not think about guns. You know, reports like this one:

The man arrested for sabotaging the navigation system on an American Airlines plane that was scheduled to take off from Florida earlier this year had ISIS propaganda videos on his cellphone. According to prosecutors, Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani has ties to the Islamic terrorist group through his brother in Iraq. The new revelations came during a bail hearing in Miami Wednesday. Alani is a naturalized citizen from Iraq.

From the Associated Press:

A federal judge cited new evidence of potential terrorism sympathies in denying bail for a mechanic charged with sabotaging an American Airlines jetliner.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Chris McAliley imposed pretrial detention for 60-year-old Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani at Wednesday’s hearing.

The new evidence presented by prosecutors includes that Alani has a brother in Iraq who may be involved with the Islamic State extremist group as …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms