Empty gun clip & pocket knife confiscated when traveling with a large coin collection
Mar 1, 2024, 6:57 pm
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Empty gun clip & pocket knife confiscated when traveling with a large coin collection
my father had just passed away, and my mom was traveling back to California with me and I brought my dad‘s what was left I guess of his coin collection I hadn’t looked in the container the security had checked was checking the container and I asked if they could do it privately so everybody didn’t know what I was carrying a board while he compensated a clip to a gun. It was empty, but he still compensated it and then he compensated a gambling ship just 1 and I couldn’t figure out why he did that. I’ve never heard of anybody taking that I didn’t know there was a problem with anything in there cause I really hadn’t gone through it which I was waiting to do when I was home, but what I don’t understand was he didn’t in front of everybody oh my gosh there was a what are they called with all the tools in the pocket knife and he took that but the gambling chip is what I didn’t understand. Can somebody explain why that would be taken and I had told him that it was a collection from my father, who just passed away. You would think that that accounted for something you know but like I said, I hadn’t gone through it and was unaware.
My impression was that he kept it. I don’t know why anybody would, but it was just a keepsake I suppose. and I know that it was a security issue, but there was no gun. There was just the empty clip and the pocket knife and the gambling ship. Is it actually illegal?
My impression was that he kept it. I don’t know why anybody would, but it was just a keepsake I suppose. and I know that it was a security issue, but there was no gun. There was just the empty clip and the pocket knife and the gambling ship. Is it actually illegal?
Mar 4, 2024, 9:13 am
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- Guns, ammunition, gun parts and ammunition magazines, clips, boxes, etc., are prohibited in the cabin for all passengers (except for certain pilots and law enforcement officers who obtain special permission). So that is why the empty clip or magazine was confiscated. However, such firearm items are permitted in checked baggage, so the screener should have given you an option to get out of line, check the prohibited item and then return for screening.
- Certain sharp object items with knife blades longer than a certain size are also prohibited in the cabin. Most "Swiss Army-style knives and multi-tool items with a blade are also prohibited from the main cabin - so that is why the knife was confiscated. However, such sharp items are permitted in checked baggage, so the screener should have given you an option to get out of line, check the prohibited item and then return for screening.
As for the gambling chip - that does sound very unusual for that item to be confiscated. What kind of gambling chip was it: a) a chip from an actual casino or b) was it just a plastic chip from a home/toy poker set? If it was from an actual casino that is still in business, it might have redeemable value (could be taken to the casino and redeemed for cash). If it was a real casino chip, do you recall the value of the chip? If it was for $100 or more I would file a theft complaint with TSA because that means the TSA has (another) thief in its ranks and filing a complaint could well result in the miscreant being removed from the service.
- Guns, ammunition, gun parts and ammunition magazines, clips, boxes, etc., are prohibited in the cabin for all passengers (except for certain pilots and law enforcement officers who obtain special permission). So that is why the empty clip or magazine was confiscated. However, such firearm items are permitted in checked baggage, so the screener should have given you an option to get out of line, check the prohibited item and then return for screening.
- Certain sharp object items with knife blades longer than a certain size are also prohibited in the cabin. Most "Swiss Army-style knives and multi-tool items with a blade are also prohibited from the main cabin - so that is why the knife was confiscated. However, such sharp items are permitted in checked baggage, so the screener should have given you an option to get out of line, check the prohibited item and then return for screening.
As for the gambling chip - that does sound very unusual for that item to be confiscated. What kind of gambling chip was it: a) a chip from an actual casino or b) was it just a plastic chip from a home/toy poker set? If it was from an actual casino that is still in business, it might have redeemable value (could be taken to the casino and redeemed for cash). If it was a real casino chip, do you recall the value of the chip? If it was for $100 or more I would file a theft complaint with TSA because that means the TSA has (another) thief in its ranks and filing a complaint could well result in the miscreant being removed from the service.