He added that gun-carrying pilots, federal air marshals and airline crew members trained in self-defense provided security to protect against the misuse of the newly added items.
Umbrellas are piling up in growing puddles at thesecurity station outside Churchill Downs, as national guardsmen and police confiscated theitems which barred from the Kentucky Derby.
The presence on flights of gun-carrying pilots traveling as passengers, federal air marshals and airline crew members trained in self-defense provide additional layers of security to protect against misuse of theitems, he said.