Entry bubble Leave Your Hand Grenades At Home

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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