TSA changes rules to allow knives!

glatt • Mar 6, 2013 8:47 am
I never thought I would see this, but the TSA has changed its rules.

effective April 25, 2013 TSA will allow knives that do not lock, and have blades that are 2.36 inches or 6 centimeters or less in length and are less than 1/2 inch in width


That means I don't have to remember to take my little leatherman squirt off my keychain any more.

http://www.tsa.gov/pil-sharpobjects

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limey • Mar 6, 2013 11:22 am
What about knitting needles?
footfootfoot • Mar 6, 2013 2:01 pm
Oh it's a slippery slope. How long before they allow these?
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Gravdigr • Mar 6, 2013 5:23 pm
Fixed it.

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footfootfoot • Mar 6, 2013 5:25 pm
I think they are confused "contoured" with molded. Although, every shape has a contour...
orthodoc • Mar 6, 2013 6:27 pm
footfootfoot;855702 wrote:
Oh it's a slippery slope. How long before they allow these?
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Good God.

Looks like something half my clientele would carry if they could.
Happy Monkey • Mar 6, 2013 7:20 pm
footfootfoot;855714 wrote:
I think they are confused "contoured" with molded. Although, every shape has a contour...
"Has wiggly bits".
footfootfoot • Mar 6, 2013 8:07 pm
orthodoc;855721 wrote:
Good God.

Looks like something half my clientele would carry if they could.


Uhh, exactly what kind of doctor are you again?:eyebrow:
orthodoc • Mar 6, 2013 10:10 pm
Hm. Probably said too much ... more accurately, I am at times the bearer of unwelcome news that can result in colorful threats and/or acting out.
infinite monkey • Mar 7, 2013 9:22 am
I'm thrilled, because when I fly I like to keep myself calm by whittling. They put the kibosh on my chain-saw bears, but a couple whistles or frogs can't possibly bother anybody.
footfootfoot • Mar 7, 2013 10:16 am
Again, a slippery slope, infi. It's another short hop to linked chains and balls in cages...
Griff • Mar 8, 2013 7:35 am
I think insanity that obvious would trip a Sky Marshall intervention... hmm... sequestration probably reduces the threat of that. Don't tell Al Q.
ZenGum • Mar 8, 2013 7:46 am
What if you whittled a bigger knife, then used that to whittle a gun? They just haven't thought this through.
infinite monkey • Mar 8, 2013 8:48 am
That'll teach the airlines to not let full planes sit on the tarmac for hours.
sexobon • Mar 8, 2013 10:00 pm
glatt;855681 wrote:
... That means I don't have to remember to take my little leatherman squirt off my keychain any more. ...

Likewise good news for others:

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