Once again a knee jerk reaction from the Yanks.
On a recent flight to the States I had a little old lady filing her nails with a razor blade. The blade was confiscated, one of the crew lent her a nail file and everyone was happy.
Can you imagine what would have happened if I had said anything to ATC? Probably F15's on each wingtip and a SWAT team on arrival.
God bless America
ATB, PTC