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Well, Howard may be right.  After all how much could a 51 year old, 5 foot tall grandfather have done against Nichols.

Wait.

I realize that there are fit 51yo short men, but the problem is not women as deputies, but the adminstrative/collective bargaining mind-set that fails to distinguish between job functions that are dependent on physical prowess.

Commerical pilots must stop flying at 56 and must pass physicals every six months, as well, each pilot as the holder of an ATP endorsement is responsible for evaluating his or her physical and mental ability to perform as may be required every time he takes command.  Police should be little different.

Many police unions have bargained for the prohibition of fitness tests or for excess administrative procedures to restrict the forcing of unfit officers away from "life and death" duty.  Nichols shows that this bargain is literally putting money ahead of the saftey of not only the public, but of the officers themselves.

The other question is why anyone has a gun inside a perimiter defended by armed police and metal detectors.  Certainly there are no handguns on hips in police interrogation areas.  If no one inside the courthouse has access to deadly force under what circumstances would Deputy Granny be allowed to fire her weapon?

Commerical pilots must stop flying at 56 and must pass physicals every six months, as well, each pilot as the holder of an ATP endorsement is responsible for evaluating his or her physical and mental ability to perform as may be required every time he takes command.  Police should be little different.

The age rule is at 60 and only applies to ATP's (pilots of passenger carrying aircraft) not 'commercial pilots' (whatever they are).  All ATP's must get a medical every 6 months whether they are 25 or 55.

Commercial Pilot is defined in Part 61.

60 is correct for pilots, 56 is for ATC's hired under FERS, sorry about that.

Your corrections apply to my point in a way that is not immediately clear to me.

Commercial Pilot is defined in Part 61.

Yes I know that, being one (an ATP) my point being what relevance are crop dusters and banner tow-ers to the age 60 rule for ATP's?  There is a misconception among lay people that commercial pilots are the one's driving airliners, you appear to have some knowledge of the idustry yet you reinforced that misconception.

I had no other point other than to correct you as I did.

Sorry I didn't mean to crosspost to MELvsSEL.org.

Can a five-foot man become a sheriff? If not, your defense becomes moot.

It is insanity to let a WOMAN who has less upper body strength than a man, and who is TINY, to guard a towering, athletic, muscular, violent man. This was a situation where the threat of overwhelming force was necessary.  

My proof? The tiny sheriff has a bullet in her head. As a result, a judge also took a bullet to his head.

by knowledgeable people in Michelle Malkin's post. people who actually work in law enforcement. Gender has nothing to do with it.