Scissors, knives and screwdrivers are not weapons anymore.

[Ganj]

This is a snippet from a news release today regarding new regulations coming into effect to allow some previously banned items as carry on on US airlines:

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration will change the list of items passengers are allowed to carry into airplane cabins as of Dec. 22. Following is a partial list of items that will and will not be allowed:


Permitted:

-Scissors with blades four inches (10 centimetres) long or less (New)

-Screwdrivers less than seven inches (18 centimetres) long (New)

-Tools less than 18 centimetres long, including wrenches and pliers (New)

-Knitting needles

-Toy weapons (if not realistic replicas)

-Tweezers

-Nail clippers

-Round-bladed knives and plastic cutlery

-Up to four books of safety matches


Prohibited:

-Box cutters

-Knives

-Tools with cutting edges

-Tools longer than 18 centimetres

-Lighters

-Bludgeons

-Crowbars

-Hammers

-Saws

-Ice picks

-Throwing stars

-Bows and arrows

-Guns



http://travelcanada.sympatico.msn.ca...=False&abc=abc

i swear to God, if someone tried to attack me with a saw, i'd bitch slap the hell out of 'em WITH THE SAW. then i'd saw off their leg and beat them to death with it.