Instead of the brass or shells, I wonder what would have been the outcome if I had been carrying a handgun in a inside the waistband holster, left it in the truck as I should to be legal and then he would have detected the residue from it. It could have been really interesting about then. Or maybe I simply cleaned a firearm this morning before we left the house.
>>. I think the next time I go to the airport I will rub some old expended brass or shotgun shell hulls on my clothes and see what happens. :-)<<
You don’t want to do that. You probably won’t fly that day — and that is the BEST case scenario.
Put a copy of the Periodic Chart in your back pocket and see what happens.
I had a similar situation happen in MSP 4 months ago.
I got the opinion they were looking for me to say anything as an excuse to arrest me.
Making a complaint to the TSA supervisor works much better than playing with their very small brains.
Carry a Koran under your arm and see what happens.
Opting out is a political expression that was formulated in Canada to describe the intention of a province to remove itself from a program administered by the federal government,
Good thing they don't check for mooning Mecca as I remove my shoes.
What would happen if I carried a DOJ authorized Gun Runner weapon?
You went further than I would. Don’t ever get closer to an airport than dropping off family, friend or coworkers.....
I can go in with my CHL up to the TSA fleece point but don’t ....done with commercial air if I can help it.
Funny....
I know you are joking, but, let me tell you about my experience:
I fly 75-90K miles per year and have for many years, spotless record until recently.
Standing in line, pressed for time, the group in front of me (four people) were confused on the procedures and were sorting out their passports and boarding passes. While they did this, four people from the other line (we were in the 'fast track line') went through screening.
I spoke up. Words were exchanged, it got a little loud.
I got to the front and was called into special screening, behind closed doors, questioned and felt up by the TSA. Then I went through.
Next trip................ same thing as to the special screening.
Now I feel as if I am on the list.
I own a heavy construction company in North Jersey, we do our own drilling and blasting. I have a Federal License to purchase and posses explosives, I also have a license to use them in NJ and NYC, that is a blasting license.
I was on one of our jobs and walked around over the muck pile, shot rock, just after the blast and picker up explosive residue on my loafers.
Two weeks later I went to Newark Airport for a flight to a meeting in Texas. When I past through to scanner, every bell, whistle and flashing light in Newark went off, I was then taken by four heavily armed men to have a more detailed look see, long story short when they saw my documents I was released without any further ado, they were VERY professional and all business. Do not pull their chains.
They NEVER have any problems.
needs to be TSA needs to be disbanded, and I mean TODAY.
Janet “Nappy Headed Ho” needs to be called on the carpet, interrogated (preferably with thumbscrews), and then unceremoniously shown the door.
He who gives up a little liberty for security gets neither.
I know how I am in dealing with bureaucratic micro-minds, and I have little doubt that I would inflict bodily harm on any Federal drone who attempts to lay hands on me for any reason. So I just avoid the whole stinking mess, and if that means the airlines go bankrupt (which I doubt, since obviously most people put up with this abusive crapola), I won't shed a single tear.
I might have a business conference to attend in a month in half in Cincinnati. That's a two-day drive each way from my locale. But that's the price I'm willing to pay. The meat-bots of the TSA can all burn in hell. Every one of them.
The two times I’ve had to “opt out”, I did so by dryly observing that “If I’m going to have my Fourth Amendment rights violated, I’d prefer not being irradiated in the process.”
Same silly pat down and running the fingertips of rubber gloves around the waistband and shirt collar then testing for explosive residue.
I’m surprised they don’t get false-positives when farmers fly: I presume nitrate fertilizer will set off their testing gear.
Anyway, I was traveling with my three sons a month ago though DIA and my youngest, 9 years old, was “randomly” selected. His eyes got as big a saucers when the TSA twink directed him to do the “dance”. My son looked at me bewildered and scared when I told him to relax and said, “they think you're a terrorist”. The TSA twink then glared up at me for the first time and found my 6'1”, 230 pound recreational power-lifter frame glaring back at him. He swiped my sons hands for “explosives” and we were done in 15 seconds after that. No intrusive pat-downs or searches. I kept my big mouth shut, grabbed my son, and left that evil area as quickly as we could. It was a victory, although a small one.