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I had one taken off me in the US so I've tended to pack one in my check in luggage ever since.
I'm sympaphetic to security in this case since one of the more significant crimes carried out in the last two years used items that most people wouldn't ordinarily have regarded as weapons! A certain degree of paranoia is to be expected!