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Title: Sen. Rand Paul lone senator to vote against ‘laser pointer’ amendment to FAA bill
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Daily Caller
URL Source: http://dailycaller.com/2011/02/03/s ... -vote-laser-pointer-amendment/
Published: Feb 4, 2011
Author: Daily Caller
Post Date: 2011-02-04 00:11:04 by Brian S
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Views: 3010
Comments: 3
Like father, like son. Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul cast the sole vote in the Senate against an amendment to the FAA re-authorization bill which would make it a federal crime to flash a “laser pointer” at airplanes. The Senate approved the measure, 96-1. Paul, who is a member of the Senate Tea Party Caucus, said he thought it best to leave it up to the states to determine their own laws about the issue. “I think that it is a bad idea to point lasers at pilots,” Paul told The Daily Caller. “There are a lot of states that already have laws, and I think the states ought to take care of it.” Paul’s father, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, is notorious for standing alone in the House against resolutions, including a recent vote honoring imprisoned Chinese dissident and Nobel laureate, Liu Xiaobo. According to the FAA, there were 2,836 reported incidents of people pointing laser pointers at pilots in the cockpit from 2009-2010.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
That's kind of a stupid stance by Rand Paul.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
And absolutely nothing happened because of it. Why do we need this stupid legislation again? We could save a bunch of money by firing the idiots who collect these useless statistics.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/155443_laser06.html Tuesday, January 6, 2004 Pentagon says Purple Heart due man claiming injury by Russian laser As a Navy intelligence officer working in the Pacific Northwest, Lt. Jack Daly felt betrayed in 1997 when his government refused to acknowledge that a laser from a Russian freighter under surveillance damaged his eyes.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
#2. To: Brian S (#0)
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According to the FAA, there were 2,836 reported incidents of people pointing laser pointers at pilots in the cockpit from 2009-2010
#3. To: hondo68, go65 (#2)
Why do we need this stupid legislation again?
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