Had to go into a federal bldg,after 9-11 and wasn't thinking bout the security thing,and had to put my purse on the scanner,and had my trusty pipe and stash,I go no where without it,and sweated it,cuz I knew the xray was going to pick right up on it,but at the same instance, I was going thru the walk thru and the alarm went off,but I knew I was clean,probably just the metal zippers in my boots,but I think it took the attention of the guy who was watching my purse go thru,cuz he was paying more attention to the guy waving his wand up me to see what contraband I was concealing,when I cleared I jst grabbed my purse and never made that mistake again,thank you very much