{"id":21363,"date":"2013-12-31T05:57:37","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T10:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=21363"},"modified":"2013-12-31T07:01:15","modified_gmt":"2013-12-31T12:01:15","slug":"disarming-a-stuffed-monkey-to-make-our-airplanes-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=21363","title":{"rendered":"Disarming A Stuffed Monkey To Make Our Airplanes Safe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes you just wonder at the level of common sense<\/a> being exhibited by some people. There was an incident that I personally witnessed last week in a government office<\/a> where a person’s pocket knife<\/a> was declared a weapon and he was asked to leave the office. It was a small pocket knife. He made no effort to conceal it–it was clipped onto his pocket. I seem to be living in a part of the country where people carry pocket knives, but evidently you can’t take a pocket knife into a government office–even if it’s a public office<\/a>. Well, a recent TSA<\/a> incident tops that.<\/p>\n

KING5.com<\/a> in Washington state<\/a> reported earlier this month that a women who has a small business selling unique sock monkey<\/a> dolls had a two-inch toy<\/a> pistol belonging to her “Rooster Monkburn” cowboy sock monkey confiscated by the TSA.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The TSA agent told May she would have to confiscate<\/a> the tiny gun and was supposed to call the police.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI said well go ahead,\u201d said May. \u201cAnd I said really? You\u2019re kidding me right, and she said no it looks like a gun.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cShe took my monkey\u2019s gun,\u201d said May, who has retained her sense of humor.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cRooster Monkburn has been disarmed so I\u2019m sure everyone on the plane was safe,\u201d she said. \u201cI understand she was doing her job but at some point doesn\u2019t common sense prevail?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the end, the agent did not call police and May did get her other sewing supplies back.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Monday, the TSA issued a statement, saying “TSA officers are dedicated to keeping the nation’s transportation security systems safe and secure for the traveling public. Under longstanding aircraft security policy, and out of an abundance of caution, realistic replicas of firearms are prohibited in carry-on bags.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don’t want to encourage the TSA agent, but I can think of things in an ordinary sewing kit that would be more dangerous than a two-inch toy pistol. I doesn’t say a lot about the level of common sense of the TSA that the agent thought it necessary to confiscate a two-inch plastic toy.<\/p>\n

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