Keeping College Students from Voting

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

How painless the procedures are will vary by who, what, when, where, and why...but, photo ID is still not required. LOL.

Very true. Just because it's easy peasey to get on a plane in Boston without photo ID doesn't mean it'll "fly" in other airports. TSA is different in every airport, not to mention their policies change with the wind.

Remember this girl?
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/12/04/...oidered-purse/

It was not the first time Gibbs had traveled with the purse, but it was the first time it got her in trouble. “I carried this from Jacksonville to Norfolk, and I’ve carried it from Norfolk to Jacksonville,” Vanessa said. “Never once has anyone said anything about it until now.”

Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/12/04/...#ixzz1hxrqAxkf

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

Remember this girl?
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/12/04/...oidered-purse/

This is the first time I've heard of this.

I'm not a fan of many TSA procedures, but who the hell thinks it's OK to bring a gun (fake or otherwise) into an airport? If you're traveling, use a different purse.

Sheesh.

[DGTess]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

This is the first time I've heard of this.

I'm not a fan of many TSA procedures, but who the hell thinks it's OK to bring a gun (fake or otherwise) into an airport? If you're traveling, use a different purse.

Sheesh.

Um, excuse me. She didn't carry a gun into an airport. She carried an embroidered depiction of a gun.

Are you saying I shouldn't bring my copy of America's First Freedom magazine because it depicts a gun on the cover?

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by DGTess

Um, excuse me. She didn't carry a gun into an airport. She carried an embroidered depiction of a gun.

Are you saying I shouldn't bring my copy of America's First Freedom magazine because it depicts a gun on the cover?

OBVIOUSLY - because paper cuts are AWFUL!

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by DGTess

Um, excuse me. She didn't carry a gun into an airport. She carried an embroidered depiction of a gun.

Are you saying I shouldn't bring my copy of America's First Freedom magazine because it depicts a gun on the cover?

It's not embroidered. It's clearly plastic or metal of some sort applied to the purse. That being said, refusing to let her carry it on is pretty dumb. There is a rule that replica or toy guns cannot be brought through security, so she should probably leave the purse at home if she wants to get through security without any prolonged scrutiny since she'll fall into that judgement call zone. Unfortunately there is not a caveat to the rule that says replica guns affixed to purses are exempt. A TSA agent following the letter but not the spirit of the law would be correct in not letting her through with the bag. I'll tell you that for most people having to make split second decisions hundreds to thousands of times a day would overload most people. Sometimes those decisions are wrong or marginal. Sometimes they can be defended either way. I doubt most people could handle the job. Considering many people trained to do my job can't handle making the number of decisions we have to make everyday. It's not always about being on a power trip. It's about being decisive and getting the line going. OMG...she had to check the bag. Not the end of the world or her freedoms.

ETA: I'd give you a dollar for every instance in which you can find a person who was not allowed to bring their copy of America's First Freedom Magazine through security.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by DGTess

Um, excuse me. She didn't carry a gun into an airport. She carried an embroidered depiction of a gun.

Are you saying I shouldn't bring my copy of America's First Freedom magazine because it depicts a gun on the cover?

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

I'm not a fan of many TSA procedures, but who the hell thinks it's OK to bring a gun (fake or otherwise) into an airport? If you're traveling, use a different purse.

Yea.

As I said, I'm not a huge fan of a lot of the TSA procedures. I think many of them go overboard. That said, we have known since September 12, 2001 that bringing anything that resembles a gun into an airport will cause an uproar.

If I can't take shampoo or a cigarette lighter onto a plane, what the hell makes her think this would be OK?

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

This is the first time I've heard of this.

I'm not a fan of many TSA procedures, but who the hell thinks it's OK to bring a gun (fake or otherwise) into an airport? If you're traveling, use a different purse.

Sheesh.

I agree and think the fashion police should have been called as well but I just wanted to post that to illustrate the inconsistencies many people experience when going through security checkpoints/screenings.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

Very true. Just because it's easy peasey to get on a plane in Boston without photo ID doesn't mean it'll "fly" in other airports. TSA is different in every airport, not to mention their policies change with the wind.

Remember this girl?
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/12/04/...oidered-purse/


Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/12/04/...#ixzz1hxrqAxkf

I have an example of this as well. I carry Imitrex shots in my purse every time I fly...actually everywhere I go. It's like my form of an epi pen! I have been through security at dozens of airports without a problem before and after an incident at BWI where I was patted down because of these shots. My bag was checked for explosives. I was told that the other TSA agents weren't doing their jobs correctly if this didn't happen every time. Whatever. The agent told me to make things go quicker the next time, I should take the shots out of my bag so that the bag wouldn't be searched, but I would just be patted down. I'll can tell you that I have not followed that advice, and I've never been patted down again. If it happens again, whoop dee do. If they want to make sure I'm not smuggling something incendiary in my shots, that's their prerogative.