Originally Posted by
HSVTSO Dean
"Artfully concealed" would be the terminology wherein it makes the difference. I've personally stopped an untold number of knives of every size from going through the security checkpoint over the past six and a half years. Only one of them has ever been artfully concealed.
That makes for a really small proportion that are considered "artfully concealed", whereas the media coverage (presumably based on TSA statements) gives the impression that people are going to great lengths to sneak things past:
If there's a python in your bra...
Don't carry a cane with a concealed sword. ... Brass knuckles disguised as belt buckles...
...baby carriages that conceal firearms.
And especially everyone's favourite line:
"We know for a fact that people are testing the system,"
Not much of a "test" if someone just forgets their keyring penknife.
Or maybe it is.
