Topic: TSA to Klingons flying through U.S. airports: Check your bat
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mightymoe

Mon 01/25/16 08:19 AM


PROVERB:
"LeghlaHchu'be'chugh mIn lo'laHbe' taj jej."

("A sharp knife is nothing without a sharp eye.") ~ Klingon Honor Guard manual, pg 47

Klingons flying through US airports take note - the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will make you check your traditional weapons including bat'leths.

While not officially found on the TSA's prohibited items list, a smaller version of the double-grip fictional megaweapon was removed from a carry-on bag at Puerto Rico's main international airport last year, as revealed by a TSA blog post this week.


The agency said 2015 was a busy year after screening more than 700 million passengers, about two million per day, and 1.6 billion carry-on bags.

While this was the only Klingon weapon confiscated last year, a similar bat'leth was discovered at New York's LaGuardia airport in 2012.

Among the other notable baggage discoveries last year were live dogs, a knife disguised as a miniature Eiffel Tower, and an alarming amount of throwing blades, including another fictional weapon - Batman's 'batarang' version of a boomerang...


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motowndowntown

Mon 01/25/16 08:36 AM

Some time ago tests were run on TSA efficiency. It found that over seventy percent of the time test weapons and bombs were not discovered by TSA searches.
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mightymoe

Mon 01/25/16 08:39 AM


Some time ago tests were run on TSA efficiency. It found that over seventy percent of the time test weapons and bombs were not discovered by TSA searches.


yea, i read that as well... seems the millions of dollars are going to the perverted agents getting their cheap thrills patting down children...
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joethebricky

Mon 01/25/16 08:40 AM



Among the other notable baggage discoveries last year were live dogs




WTF, beam me up Scotty.
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Lpdon

Mon 01/25/16 11:28 AM



PROVERB:
"LeghlaHchu'be'chugh mIn lo'laHbe' taj jej."

("A sharp knife is nothing without a sharp eye.") ~ Klingon Honor Guard manual, pg 47

Klingons flying through US airports take note - the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will make you check your traditional weapons including bat'leths.

While not officially found on the TSA's prohibited items list, a smaller version of the double-grip fictional megaweapon was removed from a carry-on bag at Puerto Rico's main international airport last year, as revealed by a TSA blog post this week.


The agency said 2015 was a busy year after screening more than 700 million passengers, about two million per day, and 1.6 billion carry-on bags.

While this was the only Klingon weapon confiscated last year, a similar bat'leth was discovered at New York's LaGuardia airport in 2012.

Among the other notable baggage discoveries last year were live dogs, a knife disguised as a miniature Eiffel Tower, and an alarming amount of throwing blades, including another fictional weapon - Batman's 'batarang' version of a boomerang...





Actually I have a weapon very similar to that. The blades fold out the sides and where you grab it is a spiked brass knuckle.
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Dodo_David

Mon 01/25/16 11:52 AM


Where do you get such a marvelous toy?
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mightymoe

Mon 01/25/16 12:00 PM



Where do you get such a marvelous toy?


klingons are us...
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Dodo_David

Mon 01/25/16 12:35 PM




Where do you get such a marvelous toy?


klingons are us...


slaphead Why didn't I think of that.
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Rock

Mon 01/25/16 08:13 PM

:laughing: @ the tsa.



Meh...
A sharpened no.2 pencil can be carried EVERYWHERE. biggrin
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mightymoe

Mon 01/25/16 08:22 PM


:laughing: @ the tsa.



Meh...
A sharpened no.2 pencil can be carried EVERYWHERE. biggrin

but not nail clippers...noway
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Lpdon

Tue 01/26/16 02:31 AM



Where do you get such a marvelous toy?


I got mine at a gun show in Reno.