A woman carrying a G.I. Joe toy onboard an airplane at LAX was forced to check the doll and discard its 2″ gun.
A spokesman for Los Angeles International Airport said: “We have instructions to confiscate anything that looks like a weapon or a replica. If GI Joe was carrying a replica then it had to be taken from him.”
Now, don’t you feel much safer?
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What’s the current take on power tools? I mean… would they let me on with a Dremel? Would they confiscate my bits?
I’m guessing a Super Soaker would be grounds for public flogging?
Well, judging from the display case at the ticket counter when I flew this time, your collection of shuriken is right out. And no propane tanks, either!
Are they going to start screening for martial artists?
What if I’m more deadly with my hands than a gun?
Well I wouldn’t mention it too loudly, lest you get banned from all flights, or else forced to buckle yourself into an uncomfortable seat for hours, too cramped to move freely, your legs pinned, your arms restricted, your body twisted and warped and compressed into an inhuman shape, as you …
… oh. Never mind.