[jerod]

En Guard!

[Wright is right!]

Is this another fraternity stunt, or is a psychiatric evaluation called for?

Michael

[RippleFire]

But when Morrison walked up to three terminals Sunday wearing a cowboy hat, with the swords protruding from the waistband of his jeans, passengers became frightened.

Sounds like a Banzai Buckeroo!

[B4Ranch]

The cowboy hat should have given them the initial clue that this boy had problems. You should see some of the looks I have gotten over the last 40 years.

[ASA Vet]

Was he looking for Ducan?

[marquis]

Let me guess ... He was a Highlander, right?

[Constitution Day]

Everybody calm down.

"Raymond Morrison" is just the alter ego of "Zorro, the Gay Blade".

[ikka]

But when Morrison walked up to three terminals Sunday wearing a cowboy hat, with the swords protruding from the waistband of his jeans, passengers became frightened.

How exactly did he manage to walk up to 3 terminals at the same time? Or am I missing something?

[Goetz_von_Berlichingen]

A couple of years back, someone went on a rampage on the Staten Island Ferry with a samurai sword.

Whenever I travel with a sword, I always wrap the hilt to make it non-threatening. Simple common sense.

[okie_tech]

"People were panicking and running away"

pathetic

[goodnesswins]

Anyone get a picture?

[dfrussell]

Actually, swords do frequently pass through airports. Kendo/Iaido use shinai (bamboo swords), boken (hardwood swords), and katana (metal blade -- [i.e.,the real thing]).

Shinai are used for tournaments -- pretty much full contact -- lots of bruises even with armor.

Boken and katana are used for kata and demonstrations.

In the hands of someone with skill, a shinai could leave some rather bloody welts on bare skin... possibly break lighter bones if used with that intent.

A boken, like any other blunt instrument could be used to break/crush bones -- including a skull.

Anything short of a very good, fast aim and a gun would be worthless against someone with training in kendo or iaido and a katana.

The upside is that anyone who did have training would be so unlikely to carry a katana in such a manner that it could be discounted. Like gun shows, kendo or iaido demonstrations / tournaments are quite safe places to be :-)

A good, new katana from a recognized smith would run $5,000 to $30,000 or so.... one can get the equivalent of a midnight special for a couple hundred dollars.

Good, older blades with a pedigree are in museums or private collections. The odds of obtaining an older blade one via any method is slim and none.

[Psalm 73]

Last year I brought two of my firearms from Florida back up to Konnecticut with me.
When I checked them in, the check-in guy asked me to unlock the travel case and rack the shotgun to ensure they were not loaded - boy, you should have seen the look on the ladies face in the next line!
I thought she was gonna wet herself - funniest thing I saw all year!