apparently pretty freakin easy. i didn't know i had a speed strip full of bullets in the pocket of the jacket i was wearing until after i'd passed security, boarded the plane, landed, and arrived back at my hotel. i distincly remember watching my jacket go through that little metal detector with the kid running it staring straight at it.MikeJ wrote:Um... How easy is it to sneak the ammo past the X-ray machine? Without mags and ammo, a highjacker would be better off with a box cutter. Of course, this logic will be beyond the capacity of the anti-gunners.
on the flight back, i told the TSA guy about the speed strip (this is 5 little rounds of .357 magnum). by then, i'd put it in a plastic q-tip case i found and tucked it into my checked baggage. not only did they have to search through my dirty clothes to find that speed strip, but it took 3 of them to do it.
i've come to the conclusion that we are no more safer now than before 9/11. the chimps that work for TSA are not going to stop a plane from being hijacked. the PO'ed passengers who won't tolerate it will. unless you tell TSA you have something, they'll never know it's there. a true waste of taxpayer money.
