TSA removes fishing weights from my checked in luggage

[greg80]

I have googled this and I honestly don't get it. I was traveling from MIA to EU recently and TSA removed lead fishing weights from my checked in luggage. They left a note in that baggage that it was searched, but nothing more.

It was about 5 pieces of small lead fishing weight, bought at Bass Pro Shops. Why the hell would they do that? Everything else came ok.

Only thing that comes to mind, they might have thought it was ammunition, because it was simillary shaped (http://fishreports.fast.netdna-cdn.c...ing-sinker.jpg). But who the hell does not know what a fishing weight is?

Also, maybe lead gives some radiation?

Any ideas?

[MaDalton]

well - they stole my perfume on the way to Vegas - maybe they needed to get rid of the fishy smell they got from your stuff

[PR_Glen]

lead is a flag, my guess is they forgot to put it back in the bag.

[greg80]

Originally Posted by MaDalton

well - they stole my perfume on the way to Vegas - maybe they needed to get rid of the fishy smell they got from your stuff

It was new

[greg80]

Originally Posted by PR_Glen

lead is a flag, my guess is they forgot to put it back in the bag.

Why would about 200g of lead total be a flag?

[Due]

Originally Posted by greg80

Why would about 200g of lead total be a flag?

They can't see through it with their x-ray scanners.
I once took about 4 lbs of coins in a plastic bag with me in the carry on and it showed up as a big black spot. there was multiple agents looking at it before they decided to open my backpack.

[InfoGuy]

TSA = Thieves Steal at Airports

[Jesse1984]

Because shrapnel.

[Wizzo]

They were protecting us by preventing you from stealing our fishing weight technology...

[Robbie]

Originally Posted by InfoGuy

TSA = Thieves Steal at Airports

There is your answer.

You have people that you don't know going through your personal belongings without you being able to even know when or where they are doing it.

And if they see something they want...they steal it.

I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I'm about sick and tired of having strangers search me and my belongings everywhere I go.

Yeah, a dozen crazy guys with box cutters hijacked planes 13 years ago.
And they fixed that by putting locked steel doors on the cockpit.

That will never happen again.

But we are being searched like criminals anyway? It's bullshit.

I wish there was an option to fly on "Danger Airlines" with no security. As long as there was no "security" I would gladly take my chances. I flew on commercial planes since I was 13 years old in 1974 (back then you could SMOKE on the planes lol) and never worried about "Security". The "terrorists" were always there. But we didn't overreact and act stupid about it.

Now suddenly I'm supposed to be "scared" to fly on a plane? Fuck that.

[JFK]

Originally Posted by Wizzo

They were protecting us by preventing you from stealing our fishing weight technology...

Bingo

[DamianJ]

Originally Posted by Due

They can't see through it with their x-ray scanners.
I once took about 4 lbs of coins in a plastic bag with me in the carry on and it showed up as a big black spot. there was multiple agents looking at it before they decided to open my backpack.

I have a few gimmicked coins for magic reasons. Once I got stopped by TSA because I have 4 silver dollars, one of which, on x-ray is clearly very suspect.

I was pulled, they asked what they were, I explained they were gaffed coins for a magic trick, didn't do the trick, just exposed the gaff instantly, explaining how it works.

They smiled and let me go.

[Dvae]

Originally Posted by greg80

Why would about 200g of lead total be a flag?

Maybe one of the "criminals" searching your bag has a serious hobby. Fishing.

[InfoGuy]

Originally Posted by Robbie

There is your answer.

You have people that you don't know going through your personal belongings without you being able to even know when or where they are doing it.

And if they see something they want...they steal it.

Ask any pornstar that signs at conventions and they will tell you that more often than not, DVDs and other merchandise will be missing from their bags.

Originally Posted by Robbie

I wish there was an option to fly on "Danger Airlines" with no security. As long as there was no "security" I would gladly take my chances. I flew on commercial planes since I was 13 years old in 1974 (back then you could SMOKE on the planes lol) and never worried about "Security". The "terrorists" were always there. But we didn't overreact and act stupid about it.

Now suddenly I'm supposed to be "scared" to fly on a plane? Fuck that.

Any government including the US isn't be as interested in protecting the limited number of people on a plane, as much as the numerous people on the ground. Planes hijacked on 9/11 were flown into high capacity buildings at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Given only two choices between shooting down a commercial jetliner or letting it crash into a skyscraper with tens of thousands of people, the US government wouldn't hesitate to shoot it down.

[PornDiscounts-V]

Originally Posted by Dvae

Maybe one of the "criminals" searching your bag has a serious hobby. Fishing.

Exactly!.

[mozadek]

Next time charter a private jet so you don't have to deal with the TSA.

[Robbie]

Originally Posted by InfoGuy

Any government including the US isn't be as interested in protecting the limited number of people on a plane, as much as the numerous people on the ground. Planes hijacked on 9/11 were flown into high capacity buildings at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

And they stopped the ability of anyone to hijack a plane by installing solid steel doors on the cockpits of all planes.

That simply can't happen again.

All these searches now are simply the govt. taking advantage of an opportunity that they now use to search for drugs in their never-ending "war on drugs"

[InfoGuy]

Originally Posted by Robbie

And they stopped the ability of anyone to hijack a plane by installing solid steel doors on the cockpits of all planes.

That simply can't happen again.

Bullshit, pilots open those solid steel doors when they need to come out of the cockpit to use the toilet.

[TidalWave]

Originally Posted by InfoGuy

Bullshit, pilots open those solid steel doors when they need to come out of the cockpit to use the toilet.

yeah, and the aisle way is always blocked by a service cart and a flight attendant while one of the other flight attendants goes inside the cockpit - that way there's always 2 people in the cockpit AND NO ONE is allowed to get up anywhere near the cockpit door while the pilot is out... including first class, so anyone coming up would be seen LONG BEFORE they got ANYWHERE NEAR the door.

[Robbie]

Originally Posted by InfoGuy

Bullshit, pilots open those solid steel doors when they need to come out of the cockpit to use the toilet.

Originally Posted by TidalWave

yeah, and the aisle way is always blocked by a service cart and a flight attendant while one of the other flight attendants goes inside the cockpit - that way there's always 2 people in the cockpit AND NO ONE is allowed to get up anywhere near the cockpit door while the pilot is out... including first class, so anyone coming up would be seen LONG BEFORE they got ANYWHERE NEAR the door.

And not only that...but I'd STILL take my chances (just like people did for 100 years prior to 9-11) WITHOUT "security".

I'm old enough to remember all the hijackings and plane bombings that took place in the 1970's and 1980's. People didn't act like they were scared to death then.

I'm just saying...without those searches and security b.s. happening in airports we are still much safer flying because of the locked steel doors on the cockpit.
Also they can scan our luggage for "bombs" and "weapons" without having to have TSA agents invade our privacy (and steal things from us).

I don't know about you, but I don't like having ANYBODY go through my things for any reason.
It feels like I'm being violated.

Of course the alternative would be not to fly...but the airline unions have made damn sure that high speed trains don't exist in the U.S.
Planes should only be for transcontinental travel...not going across country.

Anyway, that's just how I feel. I guess there are a lot of people who were too young to remember flying before 9-11.
It was much more pleasurable for sure.

The crap that they are doing now is a huge overreaction

[brassmonkey]

they were going fishing or they thought you were going to make bullets on the plane in the bathroom

[INever]

I remember smoking on airplanes and on "The Dog" too.

I remember walking out to the plane on the tarmac.

Oh shit, I'm old.

[Robbie]

Originally Posted by INever

I remember smoking on airplanes and on "The Dog" too.

I remember walking out to the plane on the tarmac.

Oh shit, I'm old.

Yep...when I flew from Tampa Fla. to Denver Colorado in 1974 with my grandparents, we walked right onto the plane on the tarmac and handed our luggage to a guy beside the plane who loaded it.

And people were smoking on the plane as well.

Heh-heh...we flew on the old (now defunct) Braniff Airlines.

And the stewardesses treated you like gold (you know...like you were a customer).

[John-ACWM]

Originally Posted by MaDalton

well - they stole my perfume on the way to Vegas - maybe they needed to get rid of the fishy smell they got from your stuff

[Rochard]

Oh shit, we Robbie all excited again!

I've never had anything missing from my luggage.

[MaDalton]

Originally Posted by Rochard

Oh shit, we Robbie all excited again!

I've never had anything missing from my luggage.

good for you - but like i said - they stole my $70 perfume probably when i arrived in Vegas.

cause before there was hardly a chance and my luggage came very late (and looked as if it had been opened)

but of course i only discovered something was missing when i was at the hotel

[Robbie]

Originally Posted by Rochard

Oh shit, we Robbie all excited again!

I've never had anything missing from my luggage.

You are just unreal man.

Number one: I'm not excited.

Number two: I've had my stuff searched many times and so have most people I know.
I get it, you have no problems with strangers going through your personal belongings. Good for you.
I feel differently.

[media]

I had three Zippo lighters stolen out of my checked baggage.. two were brand new in the box (They were from when SpaCash first opened and gave them away at internext)

The 3rd one was a birthday gift, and it was personalized with my name engraved on it from a good friend.

But they left all the other Bic lighters that sponsors gave.. a total of 5-8 of them were left in the same bag..

TSA are a bunch of thieving scumbags.. they probably sit in the back emptying tons of shit that goes home with them at the end of the day and its all merited by their little slip they put into your bag..

[Far-L]

A lead fishing weight and a piece of rubber cord could easily be turned into a slingshot that is as dangerous as a gun at close range.

[bigluv]

Originally Posted by Rochard

Oh shit, we Robbie all excited again!

I've never had anything missing from my luggage.

Rochard you are the king of "It didn't happen to me so it must be impossible" and "It didn't happen to me so it must be your own fault"

[bigluv]

Originally Posted by Robbie

You are just unreal man.

Number one: I'm not excited.

Number two: I've had my stuff searched many times and so have most people I know.
I get it, you have no problems with strangers going through your personal belongings. Good for you.
I feel differently.

I agree with you on the overreaction thing. I can't tell though if people are actually scared, or its more of a case of, "Well, the government says I should be scared.. so I'm scared and better let all my rights be trampled on. And while we're at it let's get ourselves even more hugely into debt wasting our tax dollars on shit we don't need"

[mikesouth]

Originally Posted by Far-L

A lead fishing weight and a piece of rubber cord could easily be turned into a slingshot that is as dangerous as a gun at close range.

My fucking AARP card can be easily made into a very effective knife that will sever your carotid arteries too...

Im with Robbie...its all bullshit....mostly just a fucking jobs program for the otherwise unemployable

[freecartoonporn]

Originally Posted by Robbie

There is your answer.

You have people that you don't know going through your personal belongings without you being able to even know when or where they are doing it.

And if they see something they want...they steal it.

I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I'm about sick and tired of having strangers search me and my belongings everywhere I go.

Yeah, a dozen crazy guys with box cutters hijacked planes 13 years ago.
And they fixed that by putting locked steel doors on the cockpit.

That will never happen again.

But we are being searched like criminals anyway? It's bullshit.

I wish there was an option to fly on "Danger Airlines" with no security. As long as there was no "security" I would gladly take my chances. I flew on commercial planes since I was 13 years old in 1974 (back then you could SMOKE on the planes lol) and never worried about "Security". The "terrorists" were always there. But we didn't overreact and act stupid about it.

Now suddenly I'm supposed to be "scared" to fly on a plane? Fuck that.

thanks for reminding good old times, i still remember the hidden ash tray in hand rest.

[Robbie]

Originally Posted by freecartoonporn

thanks for reminding good old times, i still remember the hidden ash tray in hand rest.

Yeah! lol

Sometimes I watch old movies from the 40's, 50's, 60's, and 70's and think: "We've come a long way in some areas, and regressed in others"

[MaDalton]

i do appreciate non-smoking on planes

but i remember flying local in Thailand and the "security check" was laughable at best. i could have taken everything on the plane that i would have needed to bring the plane down and no one gave a fuck

surprisingly nothing happens there

Another story from my Vegas trip recently: I brought a really tiny bottle of eye drops and didnt put it in a plastic bag. 3 security checks didnt care at all - the 4th yelled at me that i would need to take it out of bag backpack and put it in a separate plastic bag.

i hate them all

[bronco67]

They probably thought it might pose a safety hazard when you start casting a line into first class to steal that Filet Mignon.

[mineistaken]

Originally Posted by Robbie

And they stopped the ability of anyone to hijack a plane by installing solid steel doors on the cockpits of all planes.

That simply can't happen again.

All these searches now are simply the govt. taking advantage of an opportunity that they now use to search for drugs in their never-ending "war on drugs"

Ability to hijack may be gone, but what about ability to detonate in air?
Its not that only thing terrorists could do is hijack the plane.

[mineistaken]

Originally Posted by Robbie

Also they can scan our luggage for "bombs" and "weapons" without having to have TSA agents invade our privacy (and steal things from us).

People already stated in the thread that you can not see what it is during only scan. Like a bag of coins appearing as unknown black object as an example.

[mineistaken]

Originally Posted by MaDalton

Another story from my Vegas trip recently: I brought a really tiny bottle of eye drops and didnt put it in a plastic bag. 3 security checks didnt care at all - the 4th yelled at me that i would need to take it out of bag backpack and put it in a separate plastic bag.

Besides them yelling, why do you hate the guy who did their job? Because first 3 guys were slacking at their jobs?

[InfoGuy]

Originally Posted by Far-L

A lead fishing weight and a piece of rubber cord could easily be turned into a slingshot that is as dangerous as a gun at close range.

Keep in mind that the fishing weights were in checked baggage, NOT carry ons.

[InfoGuy]

Originally Posted by MaDalton

well - they stole my perfume on the way to Vegas - maybe they needed to get rid of the fishy smell they got from your stuff

Men wear cologne. Are you using the perfume when you dress up as a transvestite?

[Robbie]

Originally Posted by mineistaken

Ability to hijack may be gone, but what about ability to detonate in air?
Its not that only thing terrorists could do is hijack the plane.

Used to happen all the time. Didn't mean we had to lose our freedoms.

Originally Posted by mineistaken

People already stated in the thread that you can not see what it is during only scan. Like a bag of coins appearing as unknown black object as an example.

Bullshit. They can see anything with xrays. And furthermore, they can DETECT bombs with scans. If the problem is a bomb going off...then why not just scan for any type of explosive device?
Technology is far more advanced than they are letting on.

And unless you blow the plane up with a bomb (which would be nullified by scanning for explosives)...the steel doors on the cockpit have eliminated any danger of the plane being brought down.

This is all about searching for drugs. How many bombs has the TSA caught so far since 2001? None.
How many drugs? Lots!

And how many folks have had their wives tits groped, their young children groped, their granny groped, things stolen from their luggage, and their privacy invaded?

Is this really worth it? A dozen guys with box cutter? Come on!

And the reality is...if a guy wants to blow up a plane in mid air...they will find a way. Hell they could simply have a bomb inserted surgically and walk on the plane and blow it up.

Those security lines at airports don't make us one iota safer in my opinion. We didn't need them before 9-11. And now that the steel doors are in place AND federal air marshalls are on flights and armed...all that searching is as useless as the NSA tapping everybodies phones.

It's the govt. overstepping.
Just my opinion, but it sure would be nice to have an OPTIONAL airline that didn't have the b.s. airport security and operated like they did in the old days where they treated you like a valued customer.

Just keep the steel doors on the cockpit, scan the luggage for bombs...hell even have us all walk through a hallway that is scanning us every step of the way for any kind of explosive device.

Just don't force me to be searched and don't allow strangers to go through my luggage when I fly on a glorified bus with wings.

[MaDalton]

Originally Posted by mineistaken

Besides them yelling, why do you hate the guy who did their job? Because first 3 guys were slacking at their jobs?

because i do believe in common sense and the security checks have absolutely nothing to do with that

seriously - am i going to blow up a plane with 20ml of my eye drops?

does anyone believe that this stupidity of putting liquids in plastic bags will prevent anything?

i do fly frequently and all we gained since 9/11 is an insane level of harrassment and an employement program for retarded creeps

[MaDalton]

Originally Posted by InfoGuy

Men wear cologne. Are you using the perfume when you dress up as a transvestite?

yeah, yeah, bla, bla... congrats, you made a witty remark, go get yourself a cookie

[mineistaken]

Originally Posted by InfoGuy

Men wear cologne. Are you using the perfume when you dress up as a transvestite?

Where did you get this idea?
Eau de Parfum is same thing as Eau de toilette, just of stronger concentration. Both are available for men. Neither is less "manly" than another besides the latter being more common because it is cheaper due to lower concentration. And both are what you call "cologne" which is funny word for that anyway.

[MaDalton]

it was an "eau de toilette" - you guys happy now?

still cost $70 and was stolen from my luggage

[AsianDivaGirlsWebDude]

Number Of Guns Confiscated By TSA Jumped By 20 Percent In 2013

From Jan. 1st to Dec. 26th in 2013, the TSA saw a 20 percent increase from the previous year in the amount of guns it confiscated in the U.S. from passengers trying to smuggle them into their carry-ons.

In 2013, a total of 1,828 guns -- the highest amount recorded since the TSA began tracking smuggled firearms -- were confiscated across the nation's airports, according to a recently released analysis of TSA data by the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative.

The increase in seized handguns is the third and largest annual jump since 2010.

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Of the guns seized, 84 percent were loaded and one in three of those guns already had a bullet in the chamber, prepared to fire.

In first days of 2014, the TSA already confiscated at least 27 guns, 21 of which were loaded and five had rounds chambered.

I thought everyone knew that even Superman's x-ray vision couldn't penetrate lead...

[Far-L]

Originally Posted by InfoGuy

Keep in mind that the fishing weights were in checked baggage, NOT carry ons.

My bad, missed that detail.

[bhutocracy]

Originally Posted by greg80

I have googled this and I honestly don't get it. I was traveling from MIA to EU recently and TSA removed lead fishing weights from my checked in luggage. They left a note in that baggage that it was searched, but nothing more.

It was about 5 pieces of small lead fishing weight, bought at Bass Pro Shops. Why the hell would they do that? Everything else came ok.

Only thing that comes to mind, they might have thought it was ammunition, because it was simillary shaped (http://fishreports.fast.netdna-cdn.c...ing-sinker.jpg). But who the hell does not know what a fishing weight is?

Also, maybe lead gives some radiation?

Any ideas?

I had probably 10-15lbs of deep sea lead fishing weights confiscated at an airport in northern Australia. I was planning to do a lot of reef fishing but they didn't allow it on the plane.. although in this case I think it was because it was quite a lot and might have been to do with the size of the plane we were going on maybe?

[JasonCollins]

When I left Vegas I didn't have to remove my shoes or take anything off. Was like the old days... Very strange, when I got to the queue they told me to drop my backpack on the belt and proceed through the scanner and keep moving. Seriously reminded me of pre 9/11. I didn't even have to remove my laptop from the bag.