Because next time that knife might be a screwdriver a scary bad person might use to remove the wings of the plane.
I'm with Spiff. A person that tries to say Hi to his friend Jack using a 3.5-inch knife is going to have his a$$ force fed to him. This is
still a joke (that still flies over the head of millions of Mr. and Mrs. Peepants throughout America).
NEWSFLASH: TSA Spokesman Bob, in a nationally televised press conference, announces the huge "catch we found in the shoe." Bob used the event to push for additional TSA funding, citing a recent study "that the little knife might have actually been an improvised nuclear device in disguise."
While the first half of the article is a joke, there is at least
some balance:
While the TSA often catches people carrying illegal items, the TSA's practices might sometimes seem a bit ridiculous. Recently the TSA detained and traumatized a three-year-old girl in a wheelchair. They took away her stuffed animal and said that they had to swab her wheelchair for explosive materials. They girl was left in tears and said she didn't want to go to Disney World anymore. The TSA agents also scolded the parents for filming the incident, which is legal to do. The agents told the parents that it was illegal.
Sometimes?!?!
The TSA also misses weapons sometimes. This past fall, the TSA failed to spot not one, but two loaded guns. The passengers were able to fly with the weapons and weren't discovered until after the flight.
Ding, ding, ding. They miss weapons ALL THE TIME. And how many planes fall out of the skies because of it? Please, Mr. Bob, explain again how this tiny knife is a real threat to aviation and our Nation full of "Free
and Brave" people?