Airport Security - Guns Allowed, not Nail Clippers!
A story is doing the rounds that an American soldier returning from Afghanistan was intercepted by Airport Security at Indianapolis airport and his nail clippers confiscated. He and 329 other soldiers in the plane were carrying weapons – machine guns – not loaded of course. This particular soldier was carrying a pistol in addition to the machine gun.
The security person objected to the nail clippers, because they could be used as a weapon. The soldier pointed out that he was allowed to carry a gun and a pistol, but the security guy was not impressed.
While officials are denying the story, some newspapers have reported it to be true as it is too absurd to be made up.
Even if it is true, there is a point here. The rules permitted carrying of the gun by the soldier, but not nail clippers and if the security man had allowed nail clippers, he would have been accused of negligence!