# The guy in front of me at airport security this morning had an AK47 in his carry on. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guy-in-front-of-me-at-airport-security-this-morning-had-an-ak47-in-his-carry-on/596895 "2011-09-20T01:49:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guy-in-front-of-me-at-airport-security-this-morning-had-an-ak47-in-his-carry-on/596895/81 "2011-09-24T18:43:28Z")
Did he have no shoes and a dirty old singlet? And was he as bald as a badger? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guy-in-front-of-me-at-airport-security-this-morning-had-an-ak47-in-his-carry-on/596895/82 "2011-09-25T00:36:10Z")
> [@Laggard](#): > > Jokes like that really go over well these days. I hope they detained her for a while. > > I spent a summer mid-nineties working a security checkpoint as MSP. Amazing how often some idiot thought it would be funny to say that he had a bomb on him. When I was in high school, one of my teachers told us his uncle actually DID say that. He was going through security and when he passed them his bag, he was like, “Watch out for that bomb in there!” Needless to say, he didn’t make his flight. (I’m reminded of the episode of “King of the Hill” where they blew up Hank’s Thanksgiving turkey) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guy-in-front-of-me-at-airport-security-this-morning-had-an-ak47-in-his-carry-on/596895.md?page=4)