On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Acer V wrote:
|On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, Gregg wrote:
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|>From: Acer V
|>
|><snip>
|>I was a wee laddie then, and taunted the security there
|>> with a "I have a gun" much to my mum's horror :)) They just laughed me
|>> off.
|>
|>Two students traveling with me through LAX had bright orange squirt guns
|>confiscated before they were allowed on the plane. We were returning from
|>Mexico and the toys "completed" the outfits they had acquired down there.
|
|I've had that taken too way back when, but was surprised when these
|fellows didn't take it seriously.
Airline/airport security will vary according to the likelihood of a
perceived threat. If there is an increase in terrorist activity,
political/military turmoil, etc., the security people will respond
accordingly.
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