TSA Decides Against Allowing Small Knives On Aircraft

New submitter lemur3 writes "After multiple months of discussing possible changes to the prohibited items list, the Transportation Security Administration in the United States has determined that it is best to go ahead without any changes to the list of items passengers may have in their carry-on baggage when traveling by air. Under the proposed change (discussed previously on Slashdot) pocket knives and other items, such as hockey sticks and ski poles, would have been allowed."

Comments

Re:There goes another Swiss Army knife

[hawguy]

They should just charge a $5 fee and mail it to you if you don't want it destroyed.

Most major airports have kiosks for explicitly this purpose.

Which ones? I've never seen one.

Here's a list of airports for one company's checkpoint mailers, there are probably other companies that do the same thing in other airports:

http://www.airportmailers.com/airportlist.php

There was a company called ReturnKey that did the same thing (I linked to an Engadget article that mentions them in another post), but their domain is dead, so they seem to have gone out of business.

Re:There goes another Swiss Army knife

[RobertLTux]

easy way to ensure your luggage does not get opened by the TSA (in transit)

PROPERLY CHECK A FIREARM

once they check it at the airport it is considered a SEALED PACKAGE and can not legally be opened by anyone without you present.