TSA finds 20 percent more firearms in carry-on bags
Transportation Security Administration agents discovered 2,653 firearms in carry-on bags at checkpoints last year.
Although this looks like the makings of a real bomb, it is actually a replica demolition cord, two blocks of replica Semtex and four blocks of replica C4. TSA agents found the training materials in a checked bag at the Seattle airport that belonged to a member of the military. Even though they are inert, replica materials like these are prohibited in checked or carry-on bags.
(TSA photo)
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