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nypost.com
TSA finds undeclared 84mm weapon in checked luggage at Texas airport
Transportation Security Administration officers at an airport in Texas found an undeclared, 84 mm caliber weapon in outbound checked luggage Monday, according to an agency tweet.
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Saw this at lunch today . Was waiting to see who on here that was .
Article days it is demilitarised demo unit. In my book, surely it is then just a metal and plastic tube with some grips...
At first reading of the thread title I figured @sirhrmechanic was having something shipped to him. Then I clicked the link to the story and was like nah to modern and no wheels.
Took mad skillz for the TSA to see that on the X-ray display. Kudos bubba, righteous find keeping those skies safe from de-mil’d fiberglass tubes.
Fag…
Fag…
I feel so much safer now. Is it actually classified as a 'firearm' to begin with? As said, it is inert, it is empty, and it is 'just a tube' so what is to declare?
Protect us from ourselves.
Protect us from ourselves.
Did it belong to the person from our recent epic thread?
Asking for a friend.
Asking for a friend.
@Bigfatcocks Flesh light ?
Demilled? So basically these assholes are making a big deal out of finding an airsoft.
The TSA has so little to live for, can you really blame them?
Yes, yes we can.
Yes, yes we can.
I've never had a problem with my knitting needles at an airport. However I have learned that it mandarin oranges will get your carry on opened pretty quick.
Well some old woman could knit an afghan pretty quick…….
TSA policy is, when not just arbitrary and capricious — Their actual policy states "TSA officers have the discretion to prohibit any item through the screening checkpoint if they believe it poses a security threat." — it is also the worst possible thing when written. For weapons: if it looks a tiny bit scary, it is prohibited.
They seized a ton of these Star Wars commemorative drink thermal detonators as "grenade like" until there was enough uproar they changed their minds.
Yes. Very very dangerous. Much grenade. And grenades, fake or not, prohibited in even checked luggage.
So, one key part of the story per the TSA is that it was naughty because they should have "declared" the Carl G. But: you can't. There is no procedure to declare a Not Gun. Try to declare and Nerf Blaster and they get mad at you as Not A Gun (look it up: people travel with fake guns for Sci Fi conventions, theatrical productions, etc all the time). No maker, model, serial, caliber etc to put on the form. They actually get MAD at you for wasting their time.
So, best I can tell, TSA had a slow news week and wanted something to show that they get their budget increase for next year. Unless there's something secretly sketchy going on: this was 100% ginned up BS because it looked good in the photo, and TSA is notoriously good at not admitting they messed up and over-riding local stupid decisions so just leaned in
They seized a ton of these Star Wars commemorative drink thermal detonators as "grenade like" until there was enough uproar they changed their minds.
Yes. Very very dangerous. Much grenade. And grenades, fake or not, prohibited in even checked luggage.
So, one key part of the story per the TSA is that it was naughty because they should have "declared" the Carl G. But: you can't. There is no procedure to declare a Not Gun. Try to declare and Nerf Blaster and they get mad at you as Not A Gun (look it up: people travel with fake guns for Sci Fi conventions, theatrical productions, etc all the time). No maker, model, serial, caliber etc to put on the form. They actually get MAD at you for wasting their time.
So, best I can tell, TSA had a slow news week and wanted something to show that they get their budget increase for next year. Unless there's something secretly sketchy going on: this was 100% ginned up BS because it looked good in the photo, and TSA is notoriously good at not admitting they messed up and over-riding local stupid decisions so just leaned in
