>>. 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.
I don’t fly anyway. Just there to see my son-in-law off to Afghanistan.
My wife, a little lady in her seventies, was stopped because they found traces of explosives on her clothing. They asked if her husband (me) or anyone in her household was a hunter. She said no (which is true), so they let her board the plane. Both my brother, who lives with us, and I reload.