Tag: TSA

  • Armed U.S. Soldier Gets His Nail Clippers Confiscated By The TSA

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    An anonymous account from a U.S. Army soldier returning from Afghanistan: So we’re in line, going through one at a time. One of our Soldiers had his Gerber multi-tool. TSA confiscated it. Kind of ridiculous, but it gets better. A few minutes later, a guy empties his pockets and has a pair of nail clippers. Nail clippers.…

  • Flying With Guns

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    No one likes the TSA rules, mainly because they are not logical. That said, if you are planning on flying you need to abide by them or you simply will not get on the plane.  Because of this I just grin and bear it in order to get pushed through the line faster and get…

  • Weapons Cache Eludes JFK Airport Screeners

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    Two 9 millimeters, plus loads of bullets — 300 of them — and holsters to go with them, somehow got on board an Egypt Air flight out of JFK on Tuesday night. No one knew anything about the guns Mohammed Ibrahim stashed in his checked luggage until they were discovered in Cairo. Full Story – HERE…

  • Acoustic Weaponry

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    Using a modified version of Newton’s cradle, a series of stainless steel balls suspended by fishing wire, scientists from the California Institute of Technology have created a powerful weapon for soldiers and doctors known as a “sound bullet.” Full Story – HERE Luckily the article goes onto say that metamaterials ( which is what they…

  • Guns, Tumors And The Limits Of The Human Eye

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    A study published in the journal Current Biology looks into the problems involved in visually searching for exceedingly rare targets and comes to an unsettling conclusion: “If you don’t find it often, you often don’t find it,” says study author Jeremy Wolfe. In other words, we are not very good at finding things that are rarely…

  • Pack a Gun to Protect Valuables from Airline Theft or Loss

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    Most of the time, travelers are on the short-end of TSA regulations. In this instance, however, you can use travel rules to your advantage. If you’re traveling with equipment you would prefer locked up and watched more closely than your run of the mill luggage, you can pack a firearm with the equipment or luggage.…