On the subject of relaxed screening i got pulled up for trying to take a toy plastic nerf gun through screening at SYD domestic , it was for my sons chrissy present, and it had been taken through screening at LAX and customs at SYD international with no problems.Those apes at screening don't even know the regs they supposedly are enforcing . In their words it had a trigger and therefore is a replica firearm,god forbid
. Had to go back and check it in. Cant beat mitigating those real risks at airports.