charged in San Francisco Thursday morning with possession aboard an aircraft of a concealed dangerous weapon that was accessible during flight.
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"The responsibility on this falls on the passenger, in the sense that it is a crime to take a sharp item on board an airplane," he said. "It can be either checked or shipped, but it should not be put in carry-on baggage."
Concealed while calmly peeling fruit??
"sharp item" sounds very subjective to me. I regularly carry a set of small screwdrivers which might puncture my hand if I slip while driving a screw.
Then of course there are nail clippers.
I don't have a problem with TSA making judgements and confiscations accordingly, but this article doesn't clear up the legalities of the charge.