Originally Posted by HawaiiTrvlr

I was given a novelty key chain more than 5 years ago. It has an expended bullet and like the toy GI Joe with the little gun, it is totally useless. The one TSA told me that I couldn't fly with it and they were going to confiscate it. I told them thats fine...I dont care (at this point, I just wanted to get through screening and catch my flight). He told me not to yell at him. At no point did I raise my voice at all. He went on that I can't fly with the key chain. I told him that I have flown around the world with the same key chain in my bag and never had any issues before then. Ironically, I went through the same screening point at DEN twice in the previous 3 weeks and no one ever said anything. When I told him that, he said that wasn't possible..someone would have caught it during screening. That is when I said "that's because you all are a bunch of idiots." That is when the LEO was called over. As for the LEO and his lecture, he did ask for my ID. He did not write anything down but did tell me that he could have called my employer and reported that I had an incident at the airport. "Just this once, I will cut you some slack and let you go."