My wife had her nail clippers seized - what kind of weapon is that?
.....Do you
really want to know? WARNING - If you're squeamish, don't read on!
Okay then - On one of the aircraft hijacked on 09/11, the pointed end of a pair of tweezers or nail clippers were used to gouge out a stewardess' eye, forcing her to scream for help from the flight deck.
This horrific act convinced the flying crew that the hijackers mean business and enabled said hijackers to take control.
The lady in question (God love her) was then slashed across the throat with a razor blade embedded between two credit cards and discarded, her role in the operation no longer needed.
I am sorry to paint such a horrific, grisly account, but like 99.9% of the things we do in the business of aviation, it is as a direct result of loss of life.