Yeah, it's annoying in the case of people bringing simple stuff on the airplane by accident ... like the lady with her cake service. But anybody dumb enough to show up at the airport with guns and fireworks needs to be kicked in the tail, and if the fines do it (not to mention helping defray the cost of this insane government bureaucracy we've created) then I've got no problem with that.
A couple months ago I was leaving RDU and some idiot in front of me at the checkpoint was floored that the TSA wouldn't let him carry PAINTBALL GUNS on the airplane!! Moron.
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