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TSA Has Record-Breaking Haul In 2014: Guns, Cannons, and Swords
An anonymous reader writes The TSA has gathered an impressive pile of confiscated weapons this year. In early November the agency had already discovered 1,855 firearms at checkpoints. In addition to guns, they've also collected machetes, hatchets, swords, giant scissors, brass knuckles, cannonballs, bear repellent and, this past October, an unloaded cannon. "Maybe someone has a lucky inert grenade they brought back from some war, or a nice cane was given to them and they forgot that the thing is actually a sword," said Jeff Price, author of Practical Aviation Security, "It's the people that are carrying stuff like chainsaws that make me wonder."
We can argue all we want to about the cannon (I'm with the anon who thinks if you manage to hijack a plane with it... congrats!)
You know nothing. You put the cannons at the windows, and shoot at the wings of the other planes. Once they are hit, you throw hooks to hijack and loot! That's how to pirate an airship.
NB: The message above might reflect my opinion right now, but not necessarily tomorrow or next year.
Great! You've got that one covered!
much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell
Cannons, chainsaws, swords... Feh, that's nothing. I was on a flight recently where some terrist tried to get on board with 16 ounces of shampoo!!! Luckily, the alert and quick-thinking TSA guardians of public safety caught him before he could cause any gory deaths.
Tell me about it. I once saw a group of folks try to board a flight with their dignity intact. The TSA confiscated it all.
IMO all adults (with exemptions for handicapped and/or mentally disabled) should be *required* to carry a handgun on an airplane. If everyone is armed, the terrorists have no standing at all.
Rentals should be made available at the terminal, for people who don't own guns or forgot to bring theirs.
I cant imagine it'd fit well.
Well, just fire up the chainsaw, and carve the compartment so it fits.
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I saw an old lady try to board with knitting needles! She was clearly hoping to make an Afghan in mid-flight.
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Those bastards got six quarts of used motor oil and thirty seven dead CFL's from me!
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