THE MINUTE MAN says that armed pilots may not, ahem, “fly,” with European air security rules:

The bill applies to domestic and international flights. Left unanswered is whether the Euro-weenies will allow armed US pilots into their tranquil airports. Perhaps the bill covers this by deputizing the pilots into Federal service, but I wonder if it is that easy. There are also real issues here: if an armed pilot looks Germanic, there is a good chance that half of the natives on a flight to Paris will surrender.

This is an outrageous calumny. As the response to “shoebomber” Richard Reid demonstrates, French civilians are quite courageous when circumstances require. So unless the flight is full of French politicians, no surrender is likely to be forthcoming.