kregener
28th January 2011, 06:54 AM
I tell you the Brits have completely lost their friggin' minds!
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1351037/Airport-bans-toy-soldiers-inch-rifle-plane--safety-threat.html
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/01/27/article-0-0CEEFE8D000005DC-94_468x632.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/01/27/article-0-0CEF4821000005DC-505_468x292.jpg
His three-inch, plastic toy gun was branded a ‘firearm’ and banned from a transatlantic flight.
The plastic Royal Signaller was bought by tourist Julie Lloyd as a present to take home to her husband Ken, a recently retired policeman in Toronto, Canada.
Mrs Lloyd, 59, who regularly visits Britain to see her mother, said: ‘I took it to the airport still in its wrapping, but they discovered the little gun when it was scanned.
‘It is only about three inches long and there are no moving parts. There isn’t even a trigger.
‘But they wouldn’t let me take it with me. I had it in my hand luggage. I just didn’t think it would cause a problem. They said rules were rules. There was no flexibility or common sense.’
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1351037/Airport-bans-toy-soldiers-inch-rifle-plane--safety-threat.html
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/01/27/article-0-0CEEFE8D000005DC-94_468x632.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/01/27/article-0-0CEF4821000005DC-505_468x292.jpg
His three-inch, plastic toy gun was branded a ‘firearm’ and banned from a transatlantic flight.
The plastic Royal Signaller was bought by tourist Julie Lloyd as a present to take home to her husband Ken, a recently retired policeman in Toronto, Canada.
Mrs Lloyd, 59, who regularly visits Britain to see her mother, said: ‘I took it to the airport still in its wrapping, but they discovered the little gun when it was scanned.
‘It is only about three inches long and there are no moving parts. There isn’t even a trigger.
‘But they wouldn’t let me take it with me. I had it in my hand luggage. I just didn’t think it would cause a problem. They said rules were rules. There was no flexibility or common sense.’