In CA they call that a "monkey fist" and they're illegal. Pretty sure other states have similar laws.I know this has been hashed in the past, but things change. My go to has been a D cell battery in a sock and a bright flash light. I would like to here your thoughts.
If you freeze the water bottle you can carry it on.I always carry a 6" super bright flashlight, a suitable full size pen Ti pen, a slick large format magazine, a water bottle to fill at the airport after TSA. I often carry an Unbreakable Umbrella as a cane. There are other useful items aboard the plane.
True, at my smaller home airport it wouldn't be an issue, but I've spent enough times standing in lines in Seattle, NY, and other larger airports just to get to TSA that some if not a lot of that ice will melt. Also, freezing water in a bottle isn't an option on return trips coming out of a hotel or an office. Filling inside the secure area avoids any discussion at TSA.If you freeze the water bottle you can carry it on.
It falls into a "gray area" if the water has partially melted. It's better to avoid having to have that discussion with TSA and just filling it once you've passed through...most airports have installed bottle fillers next to their water fountains.If you freeze the water bottle you can carry it on.
My daughter taught 5 years in Chicago public schools 20 years ago. When they put in metal detectors and security screening, padlocks became the weapon of choice. Either used with shoe strings and swung like bolos or used like brass knuckles with a finger thru the hoop and the lock body in a fist.In the driver side door pocket of the truck. Never flown with these but I'd guess they would pass TSA.
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Laugh all you want. The first time you get hit in the face end on, you will see what I mean. Besides, that 22 will never get on a plane. And yes, I do train w it.ROFL, I guess if a .22 is not enough stopping power a rolled up magazine will do the trick.
I hope you’re training with that magazine.
Roll up a magazine tightly & deliver a punch(end first). Lots of Martial artists have demonstrated how effective it can be. Far better then a smart phone. If there is something more effective you can have on a plane, I'd love to know.It always gets me yelled at, but my opinion is that these "improvised weapons" threads usually border on - if not fall right into - self-delusion and fantasy. Or, to put it bluntly, smacking a terrorist with a cellphone or rolled-up magazine isn't going to help.
If you're really concerned about having to fight in a "sterile" area, go sign up for Krav, MMA, or some other "real world" program. If you can't or won't do that, then you're going to have to stay in at this recess: there's nothing in an airport or airplane that will allow an untrained man to prevail in a fight that he otherwise would have lost.