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Originally Posted by Pef
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.
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IDK, I guess "the rules" are ever changing, with a great deal of discretion on the TSA's part??? My 85 y/o (at the time) Mom in a NON tactical wheelchair had her tiny antique sewing scissors & nail clippers confiscated. I TOLD HER not to bring ANYTHING metal or sharp. She did not RESPECT MY AUTHORITY.
