These do get old after a while but once in a while I check in to see what the TSA is finding now a days. I’ll post the link at the bottom of this thread.
Here’s a few highlights of this weeks screening.
TSA Week in Review: August 26 – September 15
Between August 26 and September 15, TSA screened 45.8 million passengers and found 253 firearms in carry-on bags. Of the 253 firearms discovered, 225 were loaded and 84 had a round chambered.
What in tarnation? A passenger at JFK on Tuesday brought a .45 caliber firearm concealed inside a block of tar. We’re not making this up! Officers had to beat the tar out of the box to secure the firearm. You could say he really got himself into a sticky situation…ba dum tss!
“Excuse me TSA officer, that grenade in my carry-on bag is not real!” said a random passenger. Not that we don’t trust you, but like President Reagan used to say, “Trust, but verify.” Well, that verification process takes time because we have to call in an explosives specialist to evaluate the item. Delays, checkpoint closures, evacuations and missed flights all can be a result of packing an explosive device, even if it’s just a replica or toy. So I hope you trust me when I say, you are better off just leaving these items at home. Please use the examples above as your verification!
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An expended initiator was discovered at Pennsylvania’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport on August 26.
An empty replica grenade was found during X-ray screening at South Carolina’s Columbia Metropolitan Airport on September 8.
A grenade-shaped lighter was located in a carry-on bag at Minnesota’s Rochester International Airport on August 26.
A smoke grenade was discovered in a carry-on bag at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on September 8.
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A throwing star and pepper spray were discovered in the shoes of a Chicago O’Hare passenger on September 7.
A pocket knife and multiple blades were found under a carry-on bag’s lining taped to the pull handle support rods at Chattanooga Airport on September 3.
You may be sitting on pins and needles for this next story, but this passenger was prepared to sit on razor blades. Safety razor blades aren’t allowed in carry-on bags and it’s not appropriate to put them in a sock and stuff ‘em down your pants in hopes of thwarting the cunning TSA officers. After an alarm by the AIT machine, during the pat down TSA officers at Orlando International Airport discovered that the passenger was concealing six boxes containing 162 razor blades in his pants on September 12.
