There is certainly no law against carrying personal firearms in a
privately owned plane.

Bryan Martin wrote:

in article .net,
Flightdeck at wrote on 9/17/03 8:50 AM:

Here is the question. I used the 32 cal blank shells because that was the
most direct way to get the gas pressure I needed in the chamber. I made one
version that used a modified 410 shot gun shell - but it required more bulk
than the 32 cal shell firing mechinism. And, I considered using the
internal volume of the "pry tube" as a pressure chamber for high pressure
Nitrogen, but the complexity of the filling fittings and the explosive
decompression valve was too much work. Also, it would mean flying with a
pipe bomb in the cockpit. I happened to be describing the device to a
friend over a $100 cup of coffee one day and a fellow in the next booth
overheard the conversation. He volunteered that the device violated FARs
because it could be considered as carrying an "explosive device" in a civil
aircraft.


If a .32 blank is considered an explosive device illegal to carry in a civil
aircraft, then every bush pilot in the country is in violation of the law by
carrying firearms in the cockpit for survival in case of forced landing. As
I understand it, in some areas a firearm is required by law to be carried in
the airplane. And of course, gasoline must be far too dangerous to carry in
an airplane.

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