Originally Posted by PatrickHenry1775
A trained assassin or terrorist could kill somebody fairly easily with a metal tape measure. A weapon called a garrotte is similar to a thin metal tape measure.
Same with a shoelace, that's why I thought it was really silly to forbid tape measures.
Originally Posted by PatrickHenry1775
This exchange just illustrates why the current approach to aviation security here in the U.S. is rather futile. There is no way that TSA can prevent all of the objects that a bad guy could use to harm people from being brought aboard an airliner.
Agreed. I also thought forbidding the skillet was silly.