Throwing knives (in hollowed-out ninja book)
Airport: Washington Reagan
Ninja books are permitted, throwing knives are not.
Comb daggers
Airports: Boston Logan and Lambert—St. Louis
Bullet and gun knives
Airport: Yuma
All knives (including knives that look like guns) are prohibited in carry-on bags.
Grenade-shaped vaping device
Airport: Salt Lake City
Ecig’s and vaping devices ARE permitted in your carry-on and checked bags. Unless they look like a grenade…
Knuckle knives
Airports: JFK and Honolulu
Loaded firearms
Airports: Many
These are just a few of the 150+ loaded firearms discovered in carry-on (not checked) bags in June.
Firecrackers
Airport: Chicago Midway
Dagger
Airport: Port Columbus
Octagonal sais (top) and shukos (bottom)
Airport: Chicago Midway
Martial arts weapons are prohibited in carry-on bags and are illegal in certain areas of the country.
Dagger
Airport: Chicago O’Hare
Pepper spray gun
Airport: Chicago O’Hare
Utility knife blades (in a Scooby-Doo greeting card)
Inert projectile
Airport: Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky
Please keep in mind that if an item looks like a real bomb, projectile, grenade, mine, etc., it is prohibited.
Firearms, ammunition, and accessories
Airport: Houston
Loaded 5.7 x 28mm pistol
Airport: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
Narcotics (in a hollowed-out book)
Airport:Philadelphia
While TSA is not looking for narcotics, we report them to the proper authorities when they are discovered.
Lipstick knife, hatchet knife, push dagger, and gun knife
Airports: Denver (lipstick knife), Burlington (hatchet knife), Chicago O’Hare (push dagger), and Charlotte (gun knife)
Speargun
Airport: Denver
Meat cleaver
Airport: Lambert—St. Louis
Throwing stars (shuriken)
Airport: Dallas Love
Knuckle blade
Airport: Newark Liberty
Loaded firearm
Airport: Memphis
This loaded firearm (discovered in Memphis) is one of the 18 firearms discovered in carry-on bags on 6/4/14. That’s a record for the number of firearms discovered in one day. A total of 47 firearms were discovered this week; 36 of those were loaded.
Batarangs
Airport: Newark Liberty
Loaded firearm
Airport: Bozeman
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