this is a recent story about a gun that was brought into the cockpit by a pilot discharging (ie "firing a bullet") to parts unknown while it was on approach to charlotte.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g9H2FwrcdidAVzHfI4QBxa7YlEEwD8VKB31G0
i'll be interested in seeing the outcome of this. it's hard to imagine that the safety wasn't on (basic gun knowledge) and that it was loaded. since it was on approach to land i can't imagine how bad it would have been to have had it hit the pilot doing the landing at a critical (or any) moment. i can also imagine how startled they must have been when it happened.
a commercial pilot friend of mine once commented that he didn't believe in guns in the cockpit. he said he had all of the weapons he needed to defeat a takeover attempt in that he could depressurize the cabin and/or roll the plane to disrupt any attempt.
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