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While a new box cutter blade contained within the handle is approximately six inchs long, you onlly need about an inch and a half of exposed blade to slit a throat any more than that you risk breaking the blade.
Some one please explain to me why the TSA thinks that a 2 inch pocket knife blade is less dangerous than a box cutter??
In what will be viewed as another post-sequestration sacrifice, the Transport Security Administration will begin to permit small pocket knives, baseball bats, and other sports equipment onboard commercial flights starting April 25th. TSA head John Pistole defended the administration’s decision, explaining the need to reduce banned items and decrease wait times.
Proponents argue that there have been significant changes in air travel since 9/11, including reinforced pilot doors and motivated passengers. Douglas Laird, a former security director of Northwest Air, believes the damage that could be inflicted by a small knife is negligible, in a quote from USA Today:
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Tell you what. Ban fists, teeth, hands, and digits. Oh, and luggage... some of those can be wicked blunt weapons.
It's very simple: when your fellow passengers start forcing their way into the cockpit, stop them. Those with a will to live outnumber those with a will to crash the plane by an order of magnitude.
And change your pants.
None of them had ever been in a bar-room brawl, I suppose.