is it safe to remove?.....

On the driver side, the center part of the steering wheel, it seems as if i could just yank it off.. but i dont want the air bag shooting out.. can i just take it off without the bag going off?

same for the passenger side, can i remove it as well?

honisty, i don't know the R&R steps, but if you are going to play around at least pull the air bag fuse.

even if you do pull the airbag fuse be carfull with it, they can be realy touchy