To add some levity: Upon random inspection by customs when flying back mil-air from Korea to Japan, one of the Marines on the plane was relieved of his Fleshlight since it represented pornography. Supposedly it is illegal to bring porn into Japan, the incident was awkward for everyone that beared witness. We were all carrying arms, which made it more hilarious. The ride to the armory had plenty of jokes.

So they took his fake ***** away but let him keep the hard stuff?

GMaster0 said:

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To add some levity: Upon random inspection by customs when flying back mil-air from Korea to Japan, one of the Marines on the plane was relieved of his Fleshlight since it represented pornography. Supposedly it is illegal to bring porn into Japan, the incident was awkward for everyone that beared witness. We were all carrying arms, which made it more hilarious. The ride to the armory had plenty of jokes.

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Wait...
SO the country with tentacles raping little girls anime won't allow "pornography"?
WOW.

Mil-air is different for a mission, you can carry knives, guns, giant bottles of liquids, lighters, put up hammocks, dip cope,etc.

In this situation the USMC giveth, and the green weenie literally taketh.

Seems fitting the Green Weenie would take a fleshlight.

We were in Church one Sunday evening and my middle daughter came and and motioned for us to come outside. My BIL in Longview had just had a heart attack. We rushed home to pack up for Longview. I had just gotten off a well and had my holstered 1911 in my travel bag (years ago, we were independents and did not have all the safety crap that majors had/have!). Thought of course that I had pulled it out. Quick look in the bag prior to leaving and it looked like my Dopp kit. In the panic I somehow thought it would be faster from Midland, TX to fly to Dallas, rent a car and drive from Dallas to Longview. Totally wrong assumption but we did not have time to think.

Got to Longview and got to see my BIL prior to his passing RIP. Next morning got up to shave in the motel. Pulled out what I thought was my Dopp kit and nearly dropped to the floor. There in my hand was my 1911. Stunned and speechless does not cover it. How it got past security, it was a carry on and scanned on the belt is totally beyond me. TSA musta been asleep, or had the machine turned off.

To this day I can still remember the chill I got thinking about my wife with her brother dead and me in jail for a firearms violation on a domestic flight. God must have blinded that TSA officer knowing I was a dumbass!

Happened to me, same basic premise as most put it in my bag at hotel damn early flight forgot it was in there.
TSA will send your friend a civil fine for a very large amount. They will have options to get the fine reduced. CALL THEM ON THE PHONE!! they reduced my fine by a significant amount more than the other write in options. Still paid $750 but it was much better than the the other alternatives. Oh I had a current CHl so I was lucky for that.

Most important like others have said I never put the gun in my travel bag anymore.

IrishTxAggie said:

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How can a government agency (DHS) level a monetary fine against an individual if no crime is committed? Seems like someone should sue the **** out of TSA for this practice and it belongs in front of SCOTUS.

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Agreed. I don't understand why there is a fine at all. You either committed a crime or not, if you did, then it's jail time.

You think people with bad intentions will be deterred by a fine??

I can't think of any report since 911 where TSA stopped a terrorist/hijacker/etc with a gun. It's always some poor shmoe who forgot it was in their bag.

The 911 hijackers used box cutters. You get caught with a knife at security, they either confiscate it or let you mail it to yourself. It just appears to be a shakedown of people making a careless mistake, not criminals.

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SteveBott said:

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Question why are ammo without a gun to use them a problem?

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Because a round can still be discharge without an actual gun.

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And do almost no damage.

I suspect it's a big deal because they think you're trying to smuggle the gun in pieces as well

TLDR: In China, after failing to legally check 2 souvineer knives in our luggage, I got detained for accidentally missing a key ring multi tool in my cary on.

Story Time:
We were in China on a trip for my work, and part of what I was doing was running sports camps for kids. I had some basic medical supplies- including an infantecimally small Gerber multi tool (kind that goes on your key ring). Got burried in the bottom of my carry on- and I checked that thing THOROUGHLY, somehow missed it.

One other guy and I had bought some decorative looking knives, and put them in our check bags. We studied the regs very carefully, and checked the giant red sign which explained this exact issue in English, and confirmed with an airline rep. My buddy checked his bag, no problem. Then it was my turn. They opened my check bag, saw the 6" fixed blade knife with a sheath (probably cheap tourist crap anyway), and flipped out. Called me behind the counter, and we argued back and forth about wether it was allowed. Mind you, this is CHECKED, and the blade clearly fit well within the descriptions of allowed checked items (which specifically addressed blades). They summoned the police, at which point I threw up my hands and told them to keep it. Maybe the agent was the knife sellers cousin, and this a racket.

We are in the Chinese TSA line- and a cop comes up and pulls our whole group out of line, then separates my friend and I, and we get escorted back to the check counter. They went and dug up all of our bags, and found his knife. They are MAD thinking we are smuggling things. We tell them to keep it, get our butts chewed out in Chinese, and are sent on our way. 3 cops are now following us all the time.

I am really ticked off, but just ready to get home. I am last in line to go through Chinese TSA, when the machine beeps on my bag. The agent opens it, and produces the "knife" which is little more than the pointy end of finger nail clippers for cutting gauze. I am mortified, and apologize, trying to explain. he says "YOU CANNOT TAKE!". I say I'm sorry, please throw it away, It is medical supplies.

He stands up and starts saying something very loudly, and a rather alarmed guy (stranger) behind me says "He is saying you have a knife!". The rest of my group is through security. The cops run at me, clearing everyone away, and I am detained and taken to a very small room at the end of a dark hallway. I wait 10 or so minutes alone, thinking "This is how I disappear. I'll never see my family again."

I explain the situation, they are not happy. I am threatened when 5-10 years in jail, accused of terrorism and spying (they were rather paranoid). Everything I brought with me is laid on the table and searched down to the stichcing. They make me open files and folders on my computer. Thank God I brought a clean laptop. I have to recount to them every single day of my trip, where I went, who I talked to, what I did, where I stayed (which they are comparing with our registered itenaraity).

I tell them I just want to go him to see my newborn son (who was 2 weeks old when I left). They question me, so I get my phone and show pictures. Finally convinced I am not a spy or terrorist, they give me a lecture about American arrogance and Chinese superiority, and send me on my way. All this is during the Beijing Olympics, so might explain some of it. We're were on the other side of China, though.

It could have been worse. They could have made you eat a hundred year old egg.

chickencoupe16 said:

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I know a guy who got to security, realized he had his pocket knife, and stuck it in his steel toe boot. Made it through on the departure and the return. Not smart at all, but it apparently worked. Kind of scary.

Another guy I know had basically the same thing happen but he buried his in a potted plant. Came back a week later, dug it up, and went on his way. I've always thought this is the way I would go if faced with the situation. A forgotten knife that is, not a gun.

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Unless a Glock of course. Glock could withstand the soil and water and still shoot reliably.

aggiepublius said:

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* If you haven't looked at the Ask TSA Instagram, it is down right scary what a few of our fellow flyers try to carry on the plane. Grenades, Fake claymores, Salt shakers made from 40mm grenade shells,

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Why is a salt shaker scary?