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Wrangler Rich
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Well, where did you get them?
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James K
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Packin' Feet Gun Socks
Those look nice. Because I'm old, I'll need your compression socks version.
I don't know what you charge, but I can't pay much. I guess you could say I'm a skeinflint.
LoboGunLeather
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The TSA people screening passengers for air travel will probably call a SWAT team to deal with such apparel.
A public school student showing up for class wearing those can expect a referral to a mental health professional.
To the rest of us those are pretty cool accessories.
A public school student showing up for class wearing those can expect a referral to a mental health professional.
To the rest of us those are pretty cool accessories.
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I know you said that in jest but I actually witnessed the following in person at an airport.
Went on a cruise (had to fly to Puerto Rico to board ship) with a few friends and their family about 20 years ago. My friend's 17 year old son was wearing a Bronze colored belt buckle that said Colt on it and had a picture of a Colt 1861 Navy Revolver cast into it. They confiscated it from him or else they would not allow him on the plane. I was right next to him when this occurred and tried to reason with the TSA agent - he threatened to call the Port Authority Police and have me arrested! This is INSANITY - but it actually happened. I guess the TSA agent REALLY wanted that belt buckle!
Cool Ankle Holster!
Facts matter.
"About 20 years ago"...TSA existed, but wasn't actually screening passengers. Baltimore-Washington International (BWI) was the first airport to have federal employees (TSA) performing screening, in May of 2002, rather than the private security companies that performed airport screening before 9/11. Other airports came online gradually across the country after that. So...depending upon exactly when and where this occurred, the culprit likely wasn't a TSA officer.
I'm not excusing what happened in the case you describe. Regulations prohibit "realistic replicas" of weapons, which clearly doesn't include the image of a Colt revolver cast into a belt buckle. I will say, however, that in those early days after 9/11, there was a lot of turmoil and inconsistency at airports all around the country over what was permitted and what wasn't.
Four more points...
* Uniformed TSA checkpoint employees are "officers", not "agents".
* TSA does not "confiscate" prohibited items. Passengers can take them outside the checkpoint, put them in a checked bag, or surrender them to TSA.
* TSA officers do not keep surrendered items. There are cameras everywhere on every checkpoint...keeping anything a passenger leaves behind equals instant consequences. It's hard to imagine anybody being dumb enough to lose his job over a belt buckle.
* If a TSA officer does something dumb, or rude -- which does happen -- or that you disagree with, ask to speak with a supervisor. Be reasonable and calm, and you might be pleasantly surprised at the outcome.
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No it's not hard to imagine. Not after having to represent guys who lost their jobs over 1) Taking a shop towel, 2) A guy taking copper out of a scrap tub, 3) A guy trying to steal a pair of 421 Super Duty heads by strapping them over his back and putting on a heavy coat, 4) A guy who got fired after he made a zip gun in the apprentice school and put a bullet through the superintendent's window when he was testing the thing out. The engine assembly plant had to keep spark plugs under lock and key because so many were taken. Same for car assembly with radios and tachometers.
I could go on, but the point is made: people do stupid things. All the time. Everywhere.
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Way before 9/11 I was flying somewhere and had my keys on a Kubaton (a 6" stick) it was taken . I didnt care I had a dozen more at home. When I went to get off the plane there was a guy a couple people in front of me with a 5 foot walking stick, just shook my head. So many time the RULES are followed but the common SENSE is forgotten. Just a lot more of it now...
