Originally Posted by kerflumexed
Yesterday, returning from LAS on WN, C concourse, Mrs K went to the smoking room. Right after she lit up, a TSA dude grabbed the butane lighter out of her hand, and then did it to someone else before he was able to light up. The other guy went nuts over the "Lighter Nazi."
So maybe if they can't find em in carry-on, there is now an alternate strategy. My wife said the TSA person was very pissy. As it turns out, the other guy was on our flight, so while in line at the cattle chute, Mrs. K gave him one of her extra lighters - I did not know that she was packing an arsenal in her carry-on bag.
Be careful out there............................................. ....
gotta be very careful that "mr. tsa" did not violate a "little thing called the law". while it does appear that this was a "plain sight" issue (meaing no warrant) and confiscation was justified, there are rights involved such as you simply just can't grab the item (short of it being a weapon)-you need to state the reason, cite the law and first request that the item be turned over. if in fact, "mr. tsa" grabbed the item out of her hand, you have an assault issue and if you have a witness, mr. tsa is toast.