Texas man tries to board plane with missile launcher: TSA

[brooklynite]

New York Daily News

Forget magnets and keychains. This Texas man was way more ambitious about his souvenirs.

Authorities said a traveler at Baltimore’s international airport was caught Monday trying to fly with a missile launcher from Kuwait in his checked luggage.

Transportation Security Administration officers detected the item, which was “not a live device,” during a routine inspection at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, the agency said in a statement.

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[VMA131Marine]

1. That's not a missile launcher

It's the empty container a missile was shipped in. It's totally inert.

[louis-t]

2. He should have bought the fingernail clippers at the gift shop instead.

I promise you, he's a trump voter.

[Turbineguy]

3. I've asked myself this question.

How do I survive without a rocket launcher? Maybe I'm just extraordinarily lucky.

[hack89]

4. It is a single use missile launching tube

it poses no threat to anyone - it is nothing more that a fiberglass tube with some metal fittings.

[madville]

5. So basically like stopping someone for an empty holster?

that's what it sounds like anyway.

[hack89]

6. Yes. nt

[brooklynite]

8. But, it's not like he OWNED the missile launcher...

....maybe there's a deposit or a recycling credit?

[hack89]

9. They are common souvenirs

I picked up several similar tubes during my career. It is seldom a problem as long as you ask first.

[Initech]

7. Hey according to some extreme right wing pundits this sort of thing is OK.

In fact GAWD and the 2nd amendment command you to own an array of missiles and weapons that could take out a small army, because that's exactly what Jesus would want!

[hack89]

10. You realize this is not an actual weapon?

It is a fiberglass tube that once held a missile. You can’t reload it.