<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by goldmedallionflyer:
Nigel,
Maybe you are just unfamiliar with what a 'welding gun' looks like. Why this item would be confiscated is beyond me. Yes, the term 'gun' may sound alarming, but carrying a device that has an electrical plug at one end, and a clamp for a metal wire at the other poses a threat in which manner? Without a high current power source, what harm could it do?
GMF</font>
I know what a welding gun looks like and I would think it could be as dangerous as a bat or club. Probably the guy just didn't want to check his luggage and thought he'd get away with it. Afterall it's not something he would have needed on the flight
Having said that he could have been kept busy welding up the holes made by the guys with the guns !
Nigel