On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, thedarkstar2 wrote: > Well Bryant, > > Either I am missing something here or the answer is simple. In theory, the > reason you are not able to potentially take a weapon OUT of your checked > luggage is because your luggage was screened in ZRH. Therefore if you had a > weapon it would have been detected and removed before you arrived in DFW. > (In theory) > > David > That doesn't work. The problem (And it should be fixed) is that once you let people inside the sanitary zone have access to checked bags, you need to rescreen them, as it's perfectly OK to have things in your checked bags that are safety risks in carry-on bags. The obvious case is that I now pack my swiss-army knife and multi-tool in my checked bags. (When I am checking bags, otherwise, I suffer without) But, if I get to a customs check in DFW, and have access to my checked bags, before they are rechecked, then I can pull the knife and tool out of the checked bag, put it in my carry on. Unless they rescreen, they are opening up a hole to smuggle stuff onto planes. - David