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The TSA has caught exactly ZERO terrorists. I have lost two cans of shaving cream, three tubes of toothpaste, three corkscrews and two pairs of nail clippers.

Heh....I ALMOST lost my P38 can opener to a TSA idiot who said it was a "lethal blade":

Luckily, the FDO (TSA in a Suit) was former military, came out, and let me go. I've been to LOTS of countries with my P38 on my dog tags, and wasn't about to give it up.

Seriously, I could have punched that idiot TSAer out.

Another flight, I gave him my concealed handgun license, and the TSA agent freaked out.....said "This guys got a gun!"....that brought over more TSA idiots. They said it was an invalid form of ID. I proceed to calm them down and told them that it was a valid ID issued by a state government (hell my mugshot was taken when I was in ACUs).

They still wouldn't take the ID. I told them again that it was a valid Identification card given by one of the 50 states, and that it was a valid form of ID according to TSA.gov/validID.

THEY STILL WOULDN'T take it. By now I had like 10 TSA agents around me. I asked for the TSA SUIT (FDO) and he came up. I explained to him slowly, that with a Driver's license, all I have to do is pass a test and drive. No criminal background check. With a Concealed handgun ID, I have to 1) pay for the class, 2) pay the state, 3) submit fingerprints, 4) go through a federal background check, 5) Go through a state background check, and 6) get a signoff from the local sheriff.

THAT IS more of a background check than TSA agents get!

Anyways, I ended up showing them my passport to get through, shaking my head at the idiots at TSA.

I told them they when they were in the group that they were all a bunch of f**king idiots. I was in uniform and people all around me were clapping and cheering. Unbecoming of an officer, I know, but this was just ridiculous.

Our president couldn’t get a c&c permit:

“THEY STILL WOULDN’T take it. By now I had like 10 TSA agents around me. I asked for the TSA SUIT (FDO) and he came up. I explained to him slowly, that with a Driver’s license, all I have to do is pass a test and drive. No criminal background check. With a Concealed handgun ID, I have to 1) pay for the class, 2) pay the state, 3) submit fingerprints, 4) go through a federal background check, 5) Go through a state background check, and 6) get a signoff from the local sheriff.”

I have taken my P-38 (on my key ring) along with me on dozens of flights during the past few years, and have never been questioned about it. But the one time I forgot I had an 8 oz. bottle of contact lens solution in my bag, they grabbed it - in spite of me being a routine traveler with a passport, driver’s license, state CCW ID, company photo ID card; everything but a note from my rabbi attesting to my circumcision. It is insane.