# Monkey with a gun **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 13, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-with-a-gun/676245 "2013-12-13T15:23:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-with-a-gun/676245/1 "2013-12-13T15:23:16Z")
[TSA agent confiscates sock monkey’s pistol](http://www.king5.com/news/local/TSA-agent-confiscates-sock-monkeys-toy-pistol-234986321.html) > [@](#): > > “She said ‘this is a gun,’” said May. “I said no, it’s not a gun it’s a prop for my monkey.” > > “She said ‘If I held it up to your neck, you wouldn’t know if it was real or not,’… 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? ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-with-a-gun/676245/2 "2013-12-13T16:29:36Z")
Thank goodness none of MY sock monkeys carry guns. They are a peace loving group, but do go wild when they have pizza parties. I’ve always wanted a t-shirt that says “Common sense isn’t so common.” ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-with-a-gun/676245/3 "2013-12-13T18:27:21Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-with-a-gun/676245/4 "2013-12-13T18:42:19Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > But the article said it was two inches long! Is it even possible for a gun that small to be fired? [Here’s one](http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-smallest-revolver-swissminigun/23582/). It costs nearly seven kilobucks, and the ammunition is $10/round. [North American Arms](http://www.americanrifleman.org/GalleryItem.aspx?cid=22&gid=106&id=930) 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. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-with-a-gun/676245/5 "2013-12-13T19:08:47Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I wonder why they call it ‘common sense’, when sense isn’t all that common anymore? 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.