Originally Posted by
UshuaiaHammerfest
You won't find any wands at US checkpoints any more. They did away with them entirely when they rolled out the "enhanced pat down."
Remember that 9/11 was perpetrated with "box cutters," which are nothing more than razor blades attached to the end of a stick.
Agreed that the pat-down has become an explosives residue check rather than a weapons check.
Sorry, boxcutters will be laughed at by passengers now. Good luck fighting off 5 laptops to your head followed by a bull rush with a box cutter.