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'You've a gun on your T-shirt'
Las Vegas Review-Journal ^
| 13 july 08
| Vin Suprynowicz
Posted on 07/13/2008 6:05:20 AM PDT by rellimpank
A "man wearing a T-shirt depicting a cartoon character holding a gun was stopped from boarding a flight by the security at Heathrow's Terminal 5," The BBC reported on June 1.
Brad Jayakody, from Bayswater, central London, said he was "stumped" at the objection to his Transformers T-shirt.
Mr. Jayakody, a clean-shaven young man with eyeglasses and short hair, said the incident happened in mid May, when he was challenged by an official during a pre-flight security check.
"He says, 'We won't be able to let you through because your T-shirt has got a gun on it'," Mr. Jayakody told reporters.
"I was like, 'What are you talking about?'
"(The goon's) supervisor comes over and goes, 'Sorry, we can't let you through and you've a gun on your T-shirt.' "
(Excerpt) Read more at lvrj.com ...
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: banglist; lhr; suprynowicz; tshirt
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--the weekly Vin--
To: rellimpank; humblegunner; Eaker; TheMom; Squantos
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posted on
07/13/2008 6:06:59 AM PDT
by
Allegra
(If you lived here, you'd be home by now.)
To: rellimpank
Sorry, we can't let you through and you've a gun on your T-shirt. But was it loaded?
3
posted on
07/13/2008 6:07:14 AM PDT
by
stevem
To: stevem
Sorry, we can’t let you through and you’ve a gun on your T-shirt.
But was it loaded?
NO. But it seems the Terminal Officials may have been....
4
posted on
07/13/2008 6:10:05 AM PDT
by
SECURE AMERICA
(Got Freedom ? Thank a Veteran...... Want to keep Freedom? Don't vote Obama)
To: rellimpank
That will never happen here. We have freedom of speach and the RKBA. /s
5
posted on
07/13/2008 6:11:44 AM PDT
by
umgud
To: txflake
You can’t make this stuff up ping
6
posted on
07/13/2008 6:12:43 AM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(A vote for any Democrat from BO on down the ticket is a vote for $10 a gallon gas.)
To: Allegra
So I guess my Dirty Harry boxers are out of the question.
To: rellimpank
How about not letting folks with Korans on the plane? Better chance of catching a perp.
8
posted on
07/13/2008 6:13:56 AM PDT
by
Da Coyote
To: stevem
No matter; pictures of guns are the most dangerous weapons of all. The guy should have added a turban to his attire - they wouldn't have dared hassle him then.
9
posted on
07/13/2008 6:13:57 AM PDT
by
Tabi Katz
To: rellimpank
Rene Magritte.
Trans: This is not a pipe. (It's a painting of a pipe, stupid!)
Guns don't kill people, T-shirts do.
10
posted on
07/13/2008 6:13:59 AM PDT
by
newheart
(The Truth? You can't handle the Truth. But He can handle you.)
To: rellimpank; All
11
posted on
07/13/2008 6:16:29 AM PDT
by
musicman
To: rellimpank
Old news was posted back when it happened.
To: musicman
"I'm gonna' bust a cap into his a$$. No-ones gonna threaten to lop off my nads"
13
posted on
07/13/2008 6:20:47 AM PDT
by
BOBWADE
To: rellimpank
Is that a gun on your t-shirt? Or are you just happy to see us?
14
posted on
07/13/2008 6:20:52 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I voted Republican because no Conservatives were running.)
To: Tabi Katz
Ummm....Jayakody is probably of South Asian/Indian origin. The turban wouldn’t have been enough....he should have also grown a foot-long beard and shouldhave had a few bombs strapped to his chest.
This true muslim get up would have gotten him through.
15
posted on
07/13/2008 6:22:05 AM PDT
by
indcons
To: musicman
I wonder if Jesse and Barak had the open mike thing planned or if there is really hard feelings there?
16
posted on
07/13/2008 6:22:47 AM PDT
by
BOBWADE
To: Tijeras_Slim
So I guess my Dirty Harry boxers are out of the question.I was thinking the same about my NRA boxers as well.
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posted on
07/13/2008 6:26:21 AM PDT
by
TYVets
To: BOBWADE
IMHO,...REAL HARD FEELINGS!!! If Barak wins, then it’s JESSE who gets PERMANENTLY “politically neutered”.
18
posted on
07/13/2008 6:29:08 AM PDT
by
musicman
To: musicman
Call the FBI. That guy in the tie looks WAY too dangerous to be let within even 100 yards of the White House.
19
posted on
07/13/2008 6:30:10 AM PDT
by
DrC
To: rellimpank
If the almost passenger had worn a shirt over his T-shirt it have been a concealed handgun picture. He’d have probably been shot on the spot.
20
posted on
07/13/2008 6:43:04 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
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