Originally Posted by
oneofthosepeopleyouloveto hate
ABC,
Next time, don't ask or offer -- just remove the brace and put it through the X-ray before you go through the mag, and you'll save yourself a big hassle!

Agreed. I have been doing this along with my portable DVD player. If I left it in my bag, invariably the bag would be pulled for a secondary. So even though countless TSA officers told me I did not 'need' to put the DVD player in a bin, I smiled politely and ignored the request.