Quote Originally Posted by CollinMacD View Post
I agree Father Bill. In today's world of travel, you would think by now people would be very aware of the checkpoint and boarding requirements, what to carry, what not to carry, what to put in a suite case to check-in and what to keep home. Working for US Customs, I see it all. How does one "forget" they are carrying a fully loaded pistol, or a sheath blade knife, as they go through a TSA Checkpoint, or worse yet, as they arrive into the United States with a Italian Salami in their suitcase, or carrying a potted flower from another country, or taking in fruit and the list goes on. I am just amazed with what I see everyday.

There is a current story that happened just this week of a lady trying to board an aircraft with her pet Peacock, that she considered to be her "emotional support pet". The thing was huge, my Custom Officer buddies in Newark saw the whole thing, TSA and the Airline was right. Again why do people think their weird rights should overrule the rights of the majority. How would you like to sit next to a large Peacock when the plane is taking off or landing. The worse part of the story she called ahead and was told NOT to take the bird, but she did, and was not allowed to board, now she is suing the airline. UNREAL what goes on.
A lot of the US food restrictions are downright unreasonable, and a lot of ex-pats are fed up with only having access to slightly altered versions of the foods they grew up with. So they try to smuggle these things in. Can you blame them? It's not like they are planning to sell it to other people in commercial quantities.