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Posted by T:man (Member # 11614) on :
 
i'm not sure if you can please reply

I just packed my bags and i found out i have no room to put my recently aquired slingshot. Mail is expensive.

[ August 25, 2008, 10:11 PM: Message edited by: T:man ]
 

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Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
 
why?
 

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Posted by T:man (Member # 11614) on :
 
I'm leaving florida tommorow morning and all my luggage is full completely full and i'm bringing my slingshot home
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
I'd think it might not trip sensors but you don't want it to be confiscated if it does. Why not take out a few t-shirts or something and put THEM in your carry-on, and pack the slingshot, to be safe?
 

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Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
 
I wouldn't count on it... I'd advise you to find a nook somewhere. Maybe take out a pair of socks or something you can put in your carry on in its place.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
Great minds.
 

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Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
 
Please try it and report the results.
 

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Posted by Darth_Mauve (Member # 4709) on :
 
No.

If you luggage is so completely full that you can't stick a slingshot in it somewhere, I will assume its a large slingshot. Since it can be used as a weapon, it won't take much to convince them to confiscate it.

You can always risk it. Bury it at the bottom of the carry-on, behind anything odd looking, and hope for lazy security at the airport.
 

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Posted by T:man (Member # 11614) on :
 
Oh, I'm so stupid I could definetly take out a coulple pairs of pants and fit it argh
 

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Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
 
Take out a couple of pairs of pants and put them all on so you don't have to leave them behind. Problem solved!
 

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Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
 
Just don't pretend that the slingshot is part of your clothing. there is precedent for that sort of thing causing trouble.
 

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Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
 
You never know what's going to trip someone's sensors. I once ordered a real blowgun through the mail and had it sent to me at work. I worked in the Federal Reserve building at the time, where we had to go through something like airport security every morning to get into the building (though they did let us keep our shoes on). No one blinked. And I have a feeling my blowgun might be a little more lethal than your slingshot.
 

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Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
 
Generally speaking, I'm more afraid of a slingshot. Even if you're blowing something sharp and the slingshot is just shooting...shot. (I just don't think your breath can propel something heavy enough that it would be likely to do a lot of damage.)

Now, if you have poison darts...different story.
 

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Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
 
Some idiot shot a wrist rocket at me once that missed and hit a stop sign instead. It made a dent at least a quarter inch deep and about an inch across. It also sounded like a gong.

Scared the heck out of me. It might have scared him even more.
 

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Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
 
I was on a cargo flight to Sao Paulo when the local representative (who happens to be co-owner of one of the largest forwarding agents in Brazil) asked me to take a box for him as a "hand carry" so it's theoretically easy to pass through customs as luggage. I worked for a freight forwarder and this guy was a respectable individual, so I didn't have a reason to doubt what was in it.

When we got off the plane in Sao Paulo, local customs wasn't as forgiving and asked us to open the box. In it were several electronic devices - CD players, cassette tapes, etc... and a cocked and loaded harpoon gun.

In case you don't know, electronics to Brazil carry a rather stiff duty rate. Needless to say, harpoon guns don't.

"We can't let you take the electronics unless you pay the duties and provide the forms."
"OK then, then you keep them."
"You have to take the weapon, though."
"What? Just leave it in the box."
"We can't do that."
"OK, then give me the box."
"We can't do that either."
"You expect me walk out in to the middle of the city brandishing a loaded weapon?"
"Well... Yes."

So there I am, walking out of Sao Paulo International Airport, armed with a loaded harpoon gun. I was petrified because I was unsure how the safety on this thing worked, and the last thing I needed was to shoot my own foot or, worse, an officer (the police look like military, and they were *everywhere*). Also, not knowing anything about harpoon guns, I didn't even know how to unload it (besides firing it, obviously).

It was amazingly easy to hail a cab, though...
 

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Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
 

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Originally posted by Dagonee:
Some idiot shot a wrist rocket at me once that missed and hit a stop sign instead. It made a dent at least a quarter inch deep and about an inch across. It also sounded like a gong.

Scared the heck out of me. It might have scared him even more.

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Originally posted by Dagonee:
Some idiot shot a wrist rocket at me once that missed and hit a stop sign instead. It made a dent at least a quarter inch deep and about an inch across. It also sounded like a gong.

Scared the heck out of me. It might have scared him even more.

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Originally posted by scifibum:
I might be underestimating 22s. I think I've seen a lot of pockmarked-but-not-punctured signs that I assumed were shot with 22s, but I've been wrong often. My point is that slingshots can do a lot of damage - there's plenty of potential energy in that rubber band.

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Originally posted by Kwea:
Yeah...first rule of any weapon....


Don't aim at something you don't honestly want to kill.

(experience speaking)

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