I'm just stunned they banned nail clippers and not this.
"they banned nail clippers"
Not according to TSA
http://www.tsa.gov/public/interweb/assetlibrary/Permitted_Prohibited_8_23_2004.pdf
I'm just stunned they banned nail clippers.
I have known some folks who were pretty inventive when it came to weapons, and none of them could figure out how a nail clipper was going to be more lethal than a good pen...
That said, I have long felt that issuing each willing passenger a sheath knife would even the odds for the passengers. Especially if you remind them that no plane not in the control of the flight crew will be allowed to fly into any major urban area.