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By: Jake | October 19, 2009 | Category: Travel

Fake Desk Hand Grenade from TSA BlogSince July, twenty-one people have been caught bringing grenades (most of them inert) into the airport according to to a recent U.S. Transportation Security Administration blog post.  Amazingly, some of these people were unaware a grenade was a prohibited item. TSA makes a good point that when in doubt you should probably leave items that even look like they could cause harm out of your luggage.

I think their logic also applies when you enter a federal government building. I actually laughed when I saw the TSA blog's picture of the "Complaint Dept: Take a Number" gag grenade, which I've used in this post, because it reminded me of a friend who accidentally brought one of these into a federal building. 

He had started with a new company and had packed the gag grenade in his bag to put on his office desk, but never followed through on the idea. Unfortunately, he was reminded a few months later by a security guard manning the X-ray machine at a federal building where he was going for a meeting. Suffice it to say he got to spend some quality time with the security people.

What about you? Have you or anyone you've known ever accidentally brought a prohibited item through airport or building security? 

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blue comment bubble Posted by Thomas on October 19, 2009 at 12:19 PM EDT

I just wonder how many hand grenades were not caught by the authorities.

Thomas

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blue comment bubble Posted by YVETTE on October 19, 2009 at 12:29 PM EDT

I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IT'S THAT EASY TO GET A HAND GRENADE THAT WE'LL START HAVING A MAJOR PROBLEM? I MEAN HOW CAN THE AVERAGE PERSON GET A HOLD OF ONE WITHOUT THE GOVERNMENT BEING ALERTED IN THE FIRST PLACE? IF THAT TYPE OF WEAPON IS BEING EASILY TRANSPORTED THROUGH OUT THE COUNTRY WE NEED BETTER BORDER PATROL AROUND THE COUNTRY TO CHECK CARS AND BAGS THAT JUST TOOK SCARY NOW YOU HAVE TO FEAR SOMEONE WILL THROW A HAND GRENADE..

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blue comment bubble Posted by Jake on October 19, 2009 at 12:59 PM EDT

Yvette and Thomas,

I agree with your concern. I was surprised that you could buy a grenade that easily. Unfortunately, there seems to be a way to get anything. :(

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blue comment bubble Posted by nutz on October 21, 2009 at 11:26 AM EDT

you can buy inactivated grenades at any military surplus store or off the internet. The shame is that crazies use them to scare people. As for that sign, it's funny, it's meant for a laugh, people should get past that. A few rotten apple make life less enjoyable for the rest of us.

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blue comment bubble Posted by YVETTE IN MICHIGAN on October 21, 2009 at 02:16 PM EDT

I BELIEVE THAT BARACK OBAMA THE PROBLEM WITH THESE KINDS OF WEAPONS IN THE COUNTRY I BELEIVE HE IS A TERROIST WORKING WITH ISLAM TO DESTROY AMERICA IF WE IMPEACH HIM WILL START TO GET CRIME UNDER CONTROL IN AMERICA AND THESE EXTREMELY OBVIOUS CORRUPT GOVERNMENT TERRORIST PLOTS ON AMERICA FROM WITHIN AMERICA

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blue comment bubble Posted by kaizen9 on October 24, 2009 at 07:51 AM EDT

I just think that if this amount of genrades had been caught by the authorities then how many were not caught by them...... These terrorists are harming to our society we should help our government to stop these terrorists...........


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