Are Handcuffs Allowed In Carry-on Luggage?
Dec 25, 2006, 2:13 am
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Dec 25, 2006, 2:30 am
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can u really bring handcuffs around? i know they are classfied as prohibited items in several countries. i would be happy to bring them as checked baggage into usa.
Dec 27, 2006, 8:52 am
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Handcuff equivalents
I have had packing tape confiscated because it "could be used for restraint". So could dental tape and nylons, of course, but so far they haven't picked up on that. Reminds me of the days we took lingerie and jeans to Russia to exchange for decorative items, and the customs officers just took them or the soldiers who visited our rooms at the Rossia to view the parades removed them from our luggage to treat themselves and their sweethearts. Ah, a little power in people with little minds but greedy souls!
Dec 27, 2006, 10:40 am
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Exactly. Lest we forget that it was a group of passengers who restrained Richard Reid, the infamous “shoe-bomber.” If the TSA had any sense, they’d realize that security would actually be enhanced if passengers were well-equipped to restrain someone who tried to take control of a plane.
Dec 27, 2006, 3:00 pm
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The last time I looked, handcuffs were not on the prohibited item list. My husband and I have always packed them in our checked baggage and, invariably, that particular piece of luggage always returns with one of those TSA stickers saying that the bag had been searched. However, the handcuffs were never confiscated. We're planning a weekend trip and we'd like to take only carry-on luggage. I'm sure that those handcuffs would be quite visible on the x-ray. Does anyone know if they will be confiscated?
May 12, 2009, 10:49 pm
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Handcuffs/Strait Jacket
This my sound funny but it's 100% true. I have a very serious sleepwalking condition and I have to travel, I also have a type of seizure disorder that can bring on my sleepwalking. I have a very serious Strength level/Violence with the sleepwalking. I have to call ahead and arrange for a Air Marshall to act as a traveling companion. I use the wheelchair/handicap entrance at the air port and meat up with the Air Marshall. I take several pairs of handcuffs in my carry on and also a strait jacket/hobbles. If i have any problems I lean over, tell the Marshall and we use the equipment. Cover it up with a blanket, and no one it the wiser, THE MEDIA IS TOLD IT WAS A SEIZURE AND THEY IGNORE IT.
I know this is not the answer to your question, But it is possible for med conditions like mine (Rare).
This is true and i have done it several times having to use my equipment on a plane itself. thought you might like the ironic situation. I DO NO want to have to take them, You do. Funny huh?
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wlnelson
I know this is not the answer to your question, But it is possible for med conditions like mine (Rare).
This is true and i have done it several times having to use my equipment on a plane itself. thought you might like the ironic situation. I DO NO want to have to take them, You do. Funny huh?
PM me if you ever want to talk
wlnelson
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