Originally Posted by gsoltso

Dumping the concourse is what the SOP (rightly so) says to do in this instance. The legal question is not so muddy as it may seem, the prohib lists
<a href="http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm#9">Explosives</a> lists blasting caps as a no go in both carryon and checked luggage. I am kind of interested in the reasoning behind the allowance to fly, but the situation was handled by that airport and the find was a pretty good one, as I mentioned before, I would have had to change my undies if it came in my bag room.