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Old Jan 24, 2005, 7:05 pm
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Originally Posted by Dovster
The law required that butane lighters be banned but allows the TSA to ban whatever else it wants.
My point was that MSY-MSP seemed to claim that TSA will refer to all lighters as prohibited by law, therefore they can dole out stiffer fines even if someone tries to bring a lighter that isn't banned by law but by TSA.
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