As the sock monkey maker’s husband says in the accompanying video, ‘Zero tolerance, zero intelligence.’ :rolleyes:
Look, I’m perfectly aware that there are subminiature novelty guns that actually shoot a projectile. They’re pretty darn rare in the wild. The likelihood of someone trying to smuggle one onto a plane with a puppet is vanishingly small. And even if someone did get one aboard, they’re pretty useless as a weapon. But the ‘gun’ in question is obviously and unambiguously a toy.
I wonder why they call it ‘common sense’, when sense isn’t all that common anymore?
Realistic replicas aren’t supposed to go on planes, I get that. But the article said it was two inches long! Is it even possible for a gun that small to be fired?
Here’s one. It costs nearly seven kilobucks, and the ammunition is $10/round. North American Arms makes miniature revolvers, but they’re huge compared to the toy gun.
As I said, 2-inch guns are expensive novelties. The chances of an evil-doer trying to get one on a plane are virtually nil.
Well, it may not be “sense” (except insofar as “sense” in this usage is just a euphemism), but what ever passes for “sense” these days sure does, in fact, seem to be common.