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Originally Posted by nachogrande
Does the TSA get employees with secret service type pedigrees, for what they pay? I doubt it, nor does the avg screener get a say in what makes the NOT ALLOWED list. To any TSA members, I wouldn't want your job.  NOT ALLOWED ITEMS are well posted. Here's a wild idea, since it's only been 17 years since 9/11. DON'T BRING NOT ALLOWED ITEMS INTO NOT ALLOWED PLACES. I came up with that one all on my own. At home or about town, do as you will. |
What Can I Bring? | Transportation Security Administration
Go to the TSA website. The term "tactical pen" is not in the list of allowed/not allowed items.
"Pens" are allowed. There are no special instructions regarding pens.
"Kubotan" is not allowed. But I never considered a "Tactical pen" a "kubotan."
Knitting needles, with which one can easily kill with a well place puncture to the neck, are allowed in carry on. I'd rather face a tactical pen.
So are scissors with blades less than 4". I can separate those into two separate piercing instruments. I'd rather face a tactical pen.
The TSA needs to clarify the rules. A tactical pen is not a kubotan. Either ban it, or not.
As for the admonishments you advance, your only authority is the arbitrary and capricious judgment of the TSA agent. The OP did nothing wrong; your arguments are premised on non-existent authority.