TSA Confiscates Revolver

[EdC]

Here's the link and a pic of what they took. Seriously.
Sock monkey's toy gun confiscated by TSA

 

[mikefraz]

Looks like a threat to national security to me. Nothing to see here, move along.

 

[williamnewman1]

so hypothetically, the projectile could be what ...... .0001 in diameter ?

 

[Sylvain]

Looks like a threat to national security to me. Nothing to see here, move along.

You could hijack this plane with it!

 

[metaldog]

 

[Bunnykid68]

You could hijack this plane with it!

Now that is a quality post

 

[jagee]

It is CLEARLY a dangerous weapon, look no trigger guard. It could just randomly go off and take down the whole plane.

Safety first.

 

[Sylvain]

Now that is a quality post

Thank you Sir!
It's mt third one this year.

 

[other dave]

They were jealous because Sock Monkey had a cooler gun!

 

[cmkaehr]

What's even better about the story is the lady had 6" sewing needles and they let her keep those!

 

[wtfd661]

You could hijack this plane with it!

 

[87iroc]

I hear they are still out looking for his partner....

 

[McGraw]

I don't think anyone is still surprised to hear stories of the TSA abusing their "power" without any application of common sense.

 

[JetGirl]

I guess some monkeys just aren't as lucky as others...

 

[BehindBlueI's]

In other news, you can apparently make a living selling custom sewn sock monkies.

 

[Slawburger]

Apparently "critical thinking" is not on the list of required skills for TSA applicants.

 

[CathyInBlue]

Apparently "critical thinking" is not on the list of required skills for TSA applicants.

No indeed, for anyone showing the slightest bit of it is immediately disqualified from federal service.

 

[GunnerDan]

If everyone remembers the old Nazi's werent very intelligent and now the TSA(Trained Sexual Abusers), no wait I mean the new Nazi's are just as ignorant as the old Nazi's. I still hope that every new Nazi party member contracts cancer and it takes 20 years of pain and suffering for them to go to hell where they belong.

Gunner

 

[kehrhit]

zero tolerance = zero brain.

I once traveled from Indy->Chicago, Chicago->Beijing with a utility knife / box cutter I had forgotten about in the bottom of my backpack, which I carried onto the planes.

When I tried to fly within China (local flight) from Beijing security there alerted me to the issue...that was an interesting 30 minutes. They kept the box cutter and after that I was 'randomally' selected for each flight within China for additional screening.

 

[cosermann]

TSA = Security Theater.