Originally Posted by
Loren Pechtel
But the passenger picked it up and put it in the bag in the first place. It's not the same thing as if you find one laying around--I certainly wouldn't touch an old grenade lying around!
But the TSOwho picked it up didn't know whether the passenger picked it up and put it in their carry-on, or WIRED it into theior carry-on and set it up to go boom as soon as it was disturbed.
And anyone who picks up something that looks convincingly like a hand grenade when they find it in a carry-on is an imbecile.