Heh, I've got them in brown paper. Hopefully they'll make it through - my family are such snoops! - but if not, I only spent two bucks on the wrapping.
Just DROVE back from a work week in El Paso. At the Border Patrol checkpoint about 20 miles NE of town, the agent wanted details of what was in my luggage and work totes. I told him and he seemed satisfied and didn't do a search. OF COURSE I fit the profile of an illegal alien or terrorist -- blue eyes, fair complexion, graying hair, faded New England accent (sarcasm), however I saw that the van two vehicles in front of me was pulled to be searched.
Going through non-airport security checkpoints INSIDE the US reminds me a little of Cold War days where if you traveled in Eastern Europe you were always had to stop and were asked for identity papers (or so the movies showed).