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Calculated Shard: 51 (from laksa110)

2. Crawled Status Check

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa051.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/tsa-prohibited-items/index.html\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/tsa-prohibited-items/index.html\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/travel\/article\/tsa-prohibited-items\/index.html","crawl_time":1775431430,"first_indexed_time":1576856001,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,cnn!www,\/travel\/article\/tsa-prohibited-items\/index.html s443","src_root_hash":"2312100192101524051","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"TSA’s prohibited items: What you can’t bring through security | CNN","meta_descriptions":["The Transportation Security Administration is on the watch for prohibited items that you can’t bring through security for your flight. Find out what’s a no-go this holiday season."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Don't fly with these items\n1 of 10\nCNN\n — \nAs we head into the eight nights of Hanukkah, the 12 days of Christmas and the seven days of Kwaanza, it’s time to remember a few simple rules.\nBlades or bludgeons or brass knuckles have no place in your carry-on bags. Nor do fireworks and flammable liquids.\nAd Feedback\nAnd please, please, please remove any loaded guns from your duffel bag before entering your airport security line.\nAd Feedback\nAs the US Transportation Security Administration prepares for the\nnearly 116 million people AAA says\nwill be traveling during the December holidays, including many people who don’t fly regularly, it’s time to review the things people try to carry through security.\n“Any time we have prohibited items coming through a TSA checkpoint, it slows down our screening,” says TSA spokesman Mark Howell. As traffic increases over the holidays, “we’ll have more prohibited items.”\nWhether you don’t remember the rules or think you’re exempt, TSA doesn’t care: No real weapons, no fake weapons, no heavy things that can be used as weapons, nothing flammable or hazardous that could be dangerous as you\ntravel\nat 30,000 feet.\nNo, really. Do you know where you put it? People found with guns at TSA passenger checkpoints often claim they didn’t remember their guns were in their bags – even though most of those guns were loaded.\nIt could cost you. Local law enforcement may arrest you, and the TSA can levy civil fines of up to $13,333 and strip TSA PreCheck travelers of their status. (The average fine for a first offense is $2,400 for an unloaded gun and $3,000 to $4,000 for a loaded gun.)\nApparently, the word hasn’t gotten out: Overall, a record setting\n4,239 total firearms\nwere discovered in carry-on bags at checkpoints across the country in 2018, and a record 86% of them were loaded. One-third had a round chambered.\nThe world’s busiest ariport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport seized the most last year: 298 weapons.\nBesides remembering where to place your gun, try not using your firing range bag for travel, says Howell. While some people remember to remove their guns, they sometimes forget to take out the live ammunition. Ammo is also not allowed to be carried on,\nby TSA rules.\nCheck your airline’s website for guidance on how to check a weapon.\nAt 30,000 feet, your flight crew doesn’t have time to gauge if your gun or grenade is fake or could take the aircraft down. While some toys are allowed, it’s at the discretion of the TSA officer. Do you want them to take it from your screaming child’s hands? Leave those “toys” at home.\nThere’s absolutely nothing you need to slice in the air except that first-class dinner (and your airline has dinner knives). Pocket knives, box cutters, corkscrew blades or those new fancy Heinkel kitchen knives need to be wrapped carefully and placed in your checked luggage.\n“Bludgeon” is the most marvelous word for prohibited items that are heavy and powerful enough – think baseball bats, cast iron pans and kettle balls – to injure or kill someone when used as a weapon. Besides, your relatives will ruin the perfect seasoning on your cast iron pan, so just leave it at home.\nHey, Tony Soprano! That means no brass knuckles, pepper spray or martial arts weapons. It’s fine in your checked bags, including sealed pepper spray.\nPlasma lighters, electronic lighters, butane and other flammable liquids are not allowed, even if you’re carrying less than 3.4 ounces.\nYou may not transport fireworks, which could easily be set off mid-air, for New Year’s Eve celebrations. Alternatively, view the fireworks from a safe distance with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen on CNN’s New Year’s Eve special! Remember that replicas of explosives – like fake grenades – are not allowed either.\nWhatever turpentine or paint thinner is your favorite brand, you’ll need to buy it at your destination. Other banned liquids includes products such as bleach or other liquids that could make people sick if opened or spilled. Don’t check them in your luggage either.\nContainers of liquid that violate\nthe 3.4-ounce (100 milliliter) rule\nare the number one offender. “If It can be pumped, poured, spread or sprayed and it’s more than 3.4 ounces,” it needs to be packed, says TSA’s Howell.\nWhile the TSA isn’t always Grinch-like about your carefully wrapped presents, those that look suspicious will undergo a secondary-unwrapping-and-screening. Wrap your gifts when you arrive at your mother’s home, or better yet, do what my partner’s parents do and use easily opened reusable cloth Christmas bags. They are charming and good for the environment.\nDespite rumors to the contrary, the TSA doesn’t actually confiscate anything, Howell says.\nPeople can check items (unless they’re not allowed in checked baggage), leave them in their cars (if they drive to the airport), give them to a non-flying friend or mail the items back to themselves if their airport has a post office.\nThat is, if you have arrived with enough time to place your\ngrenade-shaped purse\nin your checked bag.\nEven those loaded guns aren’t seized by the TSA. The agency calls local law enforcement to handle the weapons, and the owners.\nMany travelers choose to abandon their goods at the airport, and state agencies in charge of surplus often collect, sort and re-sell whatever can be re-sold.\nWhen in doubt, check\nthe TSA website\n.","attrs_markdown":"Thank You\\!\n\nYour effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much appreciated.\n\nClose\n\nAd Feedback\n\n[Destinations](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/travel\/destinations)\n\n[Food & Drink](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/travel\/food-and-drink)\n\n[News](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/travel\/news)\n\n[Stay](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/travel\/stay)\n\n[Video](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/travel\/videos)\n\n[More]()\n\n[Destinations](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/travel\/destinations)   [Food & Drink](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/travel\/food-and-drink)   [News](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/travel\/news)   [Stay](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/travel\/stay)   [Video](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/travel\/videos)\n\n[Watch](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/subscription\/all-access)   [Listen](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/audio)\n\nSubscribe\n\nSign in\n\nMy Account\n\n- [Settings](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/account\/settings)\n- [Newsletters](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/newsletters)\n- [Topics you follow](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/follow?iid=fw_var-nav)\n- [Sign out](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/travel\/article\/tsa-prohibited-items\/index.html)\n\nYour CNN account Sign in to your CNN account\n***\nSign in\n\nMy Account\n\n- [Settings](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/account\/settings)\n- [Newsletters](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/newsletters)\n- [Topics you follow](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/follow?iid=fw_var-nav)\n- [Sign out](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/travel\/article\/tsa-prohibited-items\/index.html)\n\nYour CNN account Sign in to your CNN account\n***\n[Listen](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/audio)   [Watch](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/subscription\/all-access)\n***\nEdition\n\n[US](https:\/\/us.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n\n[International](https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n\n[Arabic](https:\/\/arabic.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n\n[Español](https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n\nEdition\n\n- [US](https:\/\/us.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n- [International](https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n- [Arabic](https:\/\/arabic.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n- [Español](https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n***\n[Destinations](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/travel\/destinations)\n\n[Food & Drink](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/travel\/food-and-drink)\n\n[News](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/travel\/news)\n\n[Stay](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/travel\/stay)\n\n[Video](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/travel\/videos)\n***\nFollow CNN Travel\n\nDownload the CNN App\n***\n\n- [US](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us)\n  - 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Why not wrap them at your destination and spare your traveling companions seeing their presents in advance?](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\n**No wrapped presents.** Well, you can wrap them, but the TSA may have to unwrap them to check them out. Why not wrap them at your destination and spare your traveling companions seeing their presents in advance?\n\nPhoto Illustration\/Thinkstock\n\n![\\<strong\\>Don't make them the bad guy. \\<\/strong\\>The TSA doesn't keep your stuff. If you don't remove your banned items from the airport, a local or state agency that collects abandoned stuff will often take and re-sell the items. ](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\n**Don't make them the bad guy.** The TSA doesn't keep your stuff. If you don't remove your banned items from the airport, a local or state agency that collects abandoned stuff will often take and re-sell the items.\n\nDan Kitwood\/Getty Images\n\n![\\<strong\\>Loaded guns. \\<\/strong\\>A passenger was arrested after TSA officers found a loaded firearm concealed in her chest area at an Orlando International Airport security checkpoint on November 15. (The ammunition was loaded backwards.)](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\n**Loaded guns.** A passenger was arrested after TSA officers found a loaded firearm concealed in her chest area at an Orlando International Airport security checkpoint on November 15. (The ammunition was loaded backwards.)\n\nTSA\n\n![\\<strong\\>No grenades (or replicas).\\<\/strong\\> In November alone, TSA officers discovered a replica grenade in an Atlanta passenger's carry-on bag (left), an empty grenade (center) during checked bag screening at the Detroit Wayne County Airport, and a baseball grenade during checked bag screening at Arkansas Fort Smith Airport (right). ](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\n**No grenades (or replicas).** In November alone, TSA officers discovered a replica grenade in an Atlanta passenger's carry-on bag (left), an empty grenade (center) during checked bag screening at the Detroit Wayne County Airport, and a baseball grenade during checked bag screening at Arkansas Fort Smith Airport (right).\n\nTSA\n\n![\\<strong\\>No knives please.\\<\/strong\\> These knives were found by TSA officers at Pittsburgh International Airport over the summer.](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\n**No knives please.** These knives were found by TSA officers at Pittsburgh International Airport over the summer.\n\nTSA\n\n![\\<strong\\>No bludgeons. \\<\/strong\\>Exercise weights and other heavy items that could be used as weapons may not be packed in carry-on bags. These weights and a vice grip were confiscated at airport security checkpoints at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York. ](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\n**No bludgeons.** Exercise weights and other heavy items that could be used as weapons may not be packed in carry-on bags. These weights and a vice grip were confiscated at airport security checkpoints at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York.\n\nJohn Moore\/Getty Images\n\n![\\<strong\\>No self defense equipment.\\<\/strong\\> That means no brass knuckles, pepper spray or martial arts weapons in your carry-on bags. (It's fine in your checked bags, including sealed pepper spray.)](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\n**No self defense equipment.** That means no brass knuckles, pepper spray or martial arts weapons in your carry-on bags. (It's fine in your checked bags, including sealed pepper spray.)\n\nTSA\n\n![\\<strong\\>No flammable liquids.\\<\/strong\\> Flammable liquids are not allowed, even if you're carrying less than 3.4 ounces. These two cans of lighter fluid were discovered in checked bags at San Diego International Airport.](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\n**No flammable liquids.** Flammable liquids are not allowed, even if you're carrying less than 3.4 ounces. These two cans of lighter fluid were discovered in checked bags at San Diego International Airport.\n\nTSA\n\n![\\<strong\\>No fireworks. \\<\/strong\\>These fireworks were discovered in a carry-on bag at Chicago Midway International Airport in June but they're not allowed in checked bags either. ](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\n**No fireworks.** These fireworks were discovered in a carry-on bag at Chicago Midway International Airport in June but they're not allowed in checked bags either.\n\nTSA\n\n![\\<strong\\>No bleach, please. \\<\/strong\\>Whatever bleach or turpentine you need for the holidays, why not buy it at your destination? The TSA bans liquids that could make people sick if opened or spilled. Don't check them in your luggage either.](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\n**No bleach, please.** Whatever bleach or turpentine you need for the holidays, why not buy it at your destination? The TSA bans liquids that could make people sick if opened or spilled. Don't check them in your luggage either.\n\nJohn Moore\/Getty Images\n\n![\\<strong\\>No wrapped presents. \\<\/strong\\>Well, you can wrap them, but the TSA may have to unwrap them to check them out. Why not wrap them at your destination and spare your traveling companions seeing their presents in advance?](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\n**No wrapped presents.** Well, you can wrap them, but the TSA may have to unwrap them to check them out. Why not wrap them at your destination and spare your traveling companions seeing their presents in advance?\n\nPhoto Illustration\/Thinkstock\n\n![\\<strong\\>Don't make them the bad guy. \\<\/strong\\>The TSA doesn't keep your stuff. If you don't remove your banned items from the airport, a local or state agency that collects abandoned stuff will often take and re-sell the items. ](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\n**Don't make them the bad guy.** The TSA doesn't keep your stuff. If you don't remove your banned items from the airport, a local or state agency that collects abandoned stuff will often take and re-sell the items.\n\nDan Kitwood\/Getty Images\n\n![\\<strong\\>Loaded guns. \\<\/strong\\>A passenger was arrested after TSA officers found a loaded firearm concealed in her chest area at an Orlando International Airport security checkpoint on November 15. (The ammunition was loaded backwards.)](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\n**Loaded guns.** A passenger was arrested after TSA officers found a loaded firearm concealed in her chest area at an Orlando International Airport security checkpoint on November 15. (The ammunition was loaded backwards.)\n\nTSA\n\n![\\<strong\\>No grenades (or replicas).\\<\/strong\\> In November alone, TSA officers discovered a replica grenade in an Atlanta passenger's carry-on bag (left), an empty grenade (center) during checked bag screening at the Detroit Wayne County Airport, and a baseball grenade during checked bag screening at Arkansas Fort Smith Airport (right). ](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\n**No grenades (or replicas).** In November alone, TSA officers discovered a replica grenade in an Atlanta passenger's carry-on bag (left), an empty grenade (center) during checked bag screening at the Detroit Wayne County Airport, and a baseball grenade during checked bag screening at Arkansas Fort Smith Airport (right).\n\nTSA\n##### Don't fly with these items\n1 of 10\n\nPrev\n\nNext\n\nCNN\n\n—\n\nAs we head into the eight nights of Hanukkah, the 12 days of Christmas and the seven days of Kwaanza, it’s time to remember a few simple rules.\n\nBlades or bludgeons or brass knuckles have no place in your carry-on bags. Nor do fireworks and flammable liquids.\n\nAd Feedback\n\nAnd please, please, please remove any loaded guns from your duffel bag before entering your airport security line.\n\nAd Feedback\n\nAs the US Transportation Security Administration prepares for the [nearly 116 million people AAA says](https:\/\/newsroom.aaa.com\/2019\/12\/aaa-says-115-6-million-travelers-will-break-holiday-records\/) will be traveling during the December holidays, including many people who don’t fly regularly, it’s time to review the things people try to carry through security.\n\n“Any time we have prohibited items coming through a TSA checkpoint, it slows down our screening,” says TSA spokesman Mark Howell. As traffic increases over the holidays, “we’ll have more prohibited items.”\n\nWhether you don’t remember the rules or think you’re exempt, TSA doesn’t care: No real weapons, no fake weapons, no heavy things that can be used as weapons, nothing flammable or hazardous that could be dangerous as you [travel](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/travel) at 30,000 feet.\n\n## 1\\. Where’s your gun?\n![Don't strap your gun to your body or forget it in your carry-on luggage. ](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\nDon't strap your gun to your body or forget it in your carry-on luggage.\n\nTSA\n\nNo, really. Do you know where you put it? People found with guns at TSA passenger checkpoints often claim they didn’t remember their guns were in their bags – even though most of those guns were loaded.\n\nIt could cost you. Local law enforcement may arrest you, and the TSA can levy civil fines of up to \\$13,333 and strip TSA PreCheck travelers of their status. (The average fine for a first offense is \\$2,400 for an unloaded gun and \\$3,000 to \\$4,000 for a loaded gun.)\n\nApparently, the word hasn’t gotten out: Overall, a record setting [4,239 total firearms](https:\/\/www.tsa.gov\/blog\/2019\/02\/07\/tsa-year-review-record-setting-2018) were discovered in carry-on bags at checkpoints across the country in 2018, and a record 86% of them were loaded. One-third had a round chambered.\n\nThe world’s busiest ariport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport seized the most last year: 298 weapons.\n\nBesides remembering where to place your gun, try not using your firing range bag for travel, says Howell. While some people remember to remove their guns, they sometimes forget to take out the live ammunition. Ammo is also not allowed to be carried on, [by TSA rules.](https:\/\/www.tsa.gov\/travel\/transporting-firearms-and-ammunition)\n\nCheck your airline’s website for guidance on how to check a weapon.\n\n## 2\\. Not even a replica\n![Please don't bring replica grenades (or real ones, either). ](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\nPlease don't bring replica grenades (or real ones, either).\n\nTSA\n\nAt 30,000 feet, your flight crew doesn’t have time to gauge if your gun or grenade is fake or could take the aircraft down. While some toys are allowed, it’s at the discretion of the TSA officer. Do you want them to take it from your screaming child’s hands? Leave those “toys” at home.\n\n## 3\\. Pack those blades\n![Blades go into your checked luggage (even those nice cooking knives). ](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\nBlades go into your checked luggage (even those nice cooking knives).\n\nTSA\n\nThere’s absolutely nothing you need to slice in the air except that first-class dinner (and your airline has dinner knives). Pocket knives, box cutters, corkscrew blades or those new fancy Heinkel kitchen knives need to be wrapped carefully and placed in your checked luggage.\n\n## 4\\. Check your bludgeons\n![Pack those excercise weights and other heavy equipment. ](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\nPack those excercise weights and other heavy equipment.\n\nJohn Moore\/Getty Images\n\n“Bludgeon” is the most marvelous word for prohibited items that are heavy and powerful enough – think baseball bats, cast iron pans and kettle balls – to injure or kill someone when used as a weapon. Besides, your relatives will ruin the perfect seasoning on your cast iron pan, so just leave it at home.\n\n## 5\\. No self defense equipment\n![Pack those brass knuckles in your checked luggage. ](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\nPack those brass knuckles in your checked luggage.\n\nTSA\n\nHey, Tony Soprano! That means no brass knuckles, pepper spray or martial arts weapons. It’s fine in your checked bags, including sealed pepper spray.\n\n## 6\\. No flammable liquids\n![Please don't bring flammable liquids. ](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\nPlease don't bring flammable liquids.\n\nTSA\n\nPlasma lighters, electronic lighters, butane and other flammable liquids are not allowed, even if you’re carrying less than 3.4 ounces.\n\n## 7\\. No fireworks or explosives\n![Fireworks should stay home. ](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\nFireworks should stay home.\n\nTSA\n\nYou may not transport fireworks, which could easily be set off mid-air, for New Year’s Eve celebrations. Alternatively, view the fireworks from a safe distance with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen on CNN’s New Year’s Eve special! Remember that replicas of explosives – like fake grenades – are not allowed either.\n\n## 8\\. Hazardous liquids\n![Buy bleach or other TSA-prohibited liquids when you land. ](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\nBuy bleach or other TSA-prohibited liquids when you land.\n\nJohn Moore\/Getty Images\n\nWhatever turpentine or paint thinner is your favorite brand, you’ll need to buy it at your destination. Other banned liquids includes products such as bleach or other liquids that could make people sick if opened or spilled. Don’t check them in your luggage either.\n\n## 9\\. Oversized liquids\nContainers of liquid that violate [the 3.4-ounce (100 milliliter) rule](https:\/\/www.tsa.gov\/travel\/security-screening\/liquids-rule) are the number one offender. “If It can be pumped, poured, spread or sprayed and it’s more than 3.4 ounces,” it needs to be packed, says TSA’s Howell.\n\n## 10\\. Wrapped presents\n![Don't make TSA officers unwrap your presents. ](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\nDon't make TSA officers unwrap your presents.\n\nPhoto Illustration\/Thinkstock\n\nWhile the TSA isn’t always Grinch-like about your carefully wrapped presents, those that look suspicious will undergo a secondary-unwrapping-and-screening. Wrap your gifts when you arrive at your mother’s home, or better yet, do what my partner’s parents do and use easily opened reusable cloth Christmas bags. They are charming and good for the environment.\n\n## The TSA doesn’t want your stuff\n![The TSA doesn't want to take your stuff. ](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\nThe TSA doesn't want to take your stuff.\n\nDan Kitwood\/Getty Images\n\nDespite rumors to the contrary, the TSA doesn’t actually confiscate anything, Howell says.\n\nPeople can check items (unless they’re not allowed in checked baggage), leave them in their cars (if they drive to the airport), give them to a non-flying friend or mail the items back to themselves if their airport has a post office.\n\nThat is, if you have arrived with enough time to place your [grenade-shaped purse](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/12\/02\/travel\/air-passenger-gun-purse\/index.html) in your checked bag.\n\nEven those loaded guns aren’t seized by the TSA. 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Nor do fireworks and flammable liquids.\n\nAd Feedback\n\nAnd please, please, please remove any loaded guns from your duffel bag before entering your airport security line.\n\nAd Feedback\n\nAs the US Transportation Security Administration prepares for the [nearly 116 million people AAA says](https:\/\/newsroom.aaa.com\/2019\/12\/aaa-says-115-6-million-travelers-will-break-holiday-records\/) will be traveling during the December holidays, including many people who don’t fly regularly, it’s time to review the things people try to carry through security.\n\n“Any time we have prohibited items coming through a TSA checkpoint, it slows down our screening,” says TSA spokesman Mark Howell. As traffic increases over the holidays, “we’ll have more prohibited items.”\n\nWhether you don’t remember the rules or think you’re exempt, TSA doesn’t care: No real weapons, no fake weapons, no heavy things that can be used as weapons, nothing flammable or hazardous that could be dangerous as you [travel](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/travel) at 30,000 feet.\n\nNo, really. Do you know where you put it? People found with guns at TSA passenger checkpoints often claim they didn’t remember their guns were in their bags – even though most of those guns were loaded.\n\nIt could cost you. Local law enforcement may arrest you, and the TSA can levy civil fines of up to \\$13,333 and strip TSA PreCheck travelers of their status. (The average fine for a first offense is \\$2,400 for an unloaded gun and \\$3,000 to \\$4,000 for a loaded gun.)\n\nApparently, the word hasn’t gotten out: Overall, a record setting [4,239 total firearms](https:\/\/www.tsa.gov\/blog\/2019\/02\/07\/tsa-year-review-record-setting-2018) were discovered in carry-on bags at checkpoints across the country in 2018, and a record 86% of them were loaded. One-third had a round chambered.\n\nThe world’s busiest ariport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport seized the most last year: 298 weapons.\n\nBesides remembering where to place your gun, try not using your firing range bag for travel, says Howell. While some people remember to remove their guns, they sometimes forget to take out the live ammunition. Ammo is also not allowed to be carried on, [by TSA rules.](https:\/\/www.tsa.gov\/travel\/transporting-firearms-and-ammunition)\n\nCheck your airline’s website for guidance on how to check a weapon.\n\nAt 30,000 feet, your flight crew doesn’t have time to gauge if your gun or grenade is fake or could take the aircraft down. While some toys are allowed, it’s at the discretion of the TSA officer. Do you want them to take it from your screaming child’s hands? Leave those “toys” at home.\n\nThere’s absolutely nothing you need to slice in the air except that first-class dinner (and your airline has dinner knives). Pocket knives, box cutters, corkscrew blades or those new fancy Heinkel kitchen knives need to be wrapped carefully and placed in your checked luggage.\n\n“Bludgeon” is the most marvelous word for prohibited items that are heavy and powerful enough – think baseball bats, cast iron pans and kettle balls – to injure or kill someone when used as a weapon. Besides, your relatives will ruin the perfect seasoning on your cast iron pan, so just leave it at home.\n\nHey, Tony Soprano! That means no brass knuckles, pepper spray or martial arts weapons. It’s fine in your checked bags, including sealed pepper spray.\n\nPlasma lighters, electronic lighters, butane and other flammable liquids are not allowed, even if you’re carrying less than 3.4 ounces.\n\nYou may not transport fireworks, which could easily be set off mid-air, for New Year’s Eve celebrations. Alternatively, view the fireworks from a safe distance with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen on CNN’s New Year’s Eve special! Remember that replicas of explosives – like fake grenades – are not allowed either.\n\nWhatever turpentine or paint thinner is your favorite brand, you’ll need to buy it at your destination. Other banned liquids includes products such as bleach or other liquids that could make people sick if opened or spilled. Don’t check them in your luggage either.\n\nContainers of liquid that violate [the 3.4-ounce (100 milliliter) rule](https:\/\/www.tsa.gov\/travel\/security-screening\/liquids-rule) are the number one offender. “If It can be pumped, poured, spread or sprayed and it’s more than 3.4 ounces,” it needs to be packed, says TSA’s Howell.\n\nWhile the TSA isn’t always Grinch-like about your carefully wrapped presents, those that look suspicious will undergo a secondary-unwrapping-and-screening. Wrap your gifts when you arrive at your mother’s home, or better yet, do what my partner’s parents do and use easily opened reusable cloth Christmas bags. They are charming and good for the environment.\n\nDespite rumors to the contrary, the TSA doesn’t actually confiscate anything, Howell says.\n\nPeople can check items (unless they’re not allowed in checked baggage), leave them in their cars (if they drive to the airport), give them to a non-flying friend or mail the items back to themselves if their airport has a post office.\n\nThat is, if you have arrived with enough time to place your [grenade-shaped purse](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/12\/02\/travel\/air-passenger-gun-purse\/index.html) in your checked bag.\n\nEven those loaded guns aren’t seized by the TSA. 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Boilerpipe Text	Don't fly with these items 1 of 10 CNN — As we head into the eight nights of Hanukkah, the 12 days of Christmas and the seven days of Kwaanza, it’s time to remember a few simple rules. Blades or bludgeons or brass knuckles have no place in your carry-on bags. Nor do fireworks and flammable liquids. Ad Feedback And please, please, please remove any loaded guns from your duffel bag before entering your airport security line. Ad Feedback As the US Transportation Security Administration prepares for the nearly 116 million people AAA says will be traveling during the December holidays, including many people who don’t fly regularly, it’s time to review the things people try to carry through security. “Any time we have prohibited items coming through a TSA checkpoint, it slows down our screening,” says TSA spokesman Mark Howell. As traffic increases over the holidays, “we’ll have more prohibited items.” Whether you don’t remember the rules or think you’re exempt, TSA doesn’t care: No real weapons, no fake weapons, no heavy things that can be used as weapons, nothing flammable or hazardous that could be dangerous as you travel at 30,000 feet. No, really. Do you know where you put it? People found with guns at TSA passenger checkpoints often claim they didn’t remember their guns were in their bags – even though most of those guns were loaded. It could cost you. Local law enforcement may arrest you, and the TSA can levy civil fines of up to $13,333 and strip TSA PreCheck travelers of their status. (The average fine for a first offense is $2,400 for an unloaded gun and $3,000 to $4,000 for a loaded gun.) Apparently, the word hasn’t gotten out: Overall, a record setting 4,239 total firearms were discovered in carry-on bags at checkpoints across the country in 2018, and a record 86% of them were loaded. One-third had a round chambered. The world’s busiest ariport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport seized the most last year: 298 weapons. Besides remembering where to place your gun, try not using your firing range bag for travel, says Howell. While some people remember to remove their guns, they sometimes forget to take out the live ammunition. Ammo is also not allowed to be carried on, by TSA rules. Check your airline’s website for guidance on how to check a weapon. At 30,000 feet, your flight crew doesn’t have time to gauge if your gun or grenade is fake or could take the aircraft down. While some toys are allowed, it’s at the discretion of the TSA officer. Do you want them to take it from your screaming child’s hands? Leave those “toys” at home. There’s absolutely nothing you need to slice in the air except that first-class dinner (and your airline has dinner knives). Pocket knives, box cutters, corkscrew blades or those new fancy Heinkel kitchen knives need to be wrapped carefully and placed in your checked luggage. “Bludgeon” is the most marvelous word for prohibited items that are heavy and powerful enough – think baseball bats, cast iron pans and kettle balls – to injure or kill someone when used as a weapon. Besides, your relatives will ruin the perfect seasoning on your cast iron pan, so just leave it at home. Hey, Tony Soprano! That means no brass knuckles, pepper spray or martial arts weapons. It’s fine in your checked bags, including sealed pepper spray. Plasma lighters, electronic lighters, butane and other flammable liquids are not allowed, even if you’re carrying less than 3.4 ounces. You may not transport fireworks, which could easily be set off mid-air, for New Year’s Eve celebrations. Alternatively, view the fireworks from a safe distance with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen on CNN’s New Year’s Eve special! Remember that replicas of explosives – like fake grenades – are not allowed either. Whatever turpentine or paint thinner is your favorite brand, you’ll need to buy it at your destination. Other banned liquids includes products such as bleach or other liquids that could make people sick if opened or spilled. Don’t check them in your luggage either. Containers of liquid that violate the 3.4-ounce (100 milliliter) rule are the number one offender. “If It can be pumped, poured, spread or sprayed and it’s more than 3.4 ounces,” it needs to be packed, says TSA’s Howell. While the TSA isn’t always Grinch-like about your carefully wrapped presents, those that look suspicious will undergo a secondary-unwrapping-and-screening. Wrap your gifts when you arrive at your mother’s home, or better yet, do what my partner’s parents do and use easily opened reusable cloth Christmas bags. They are charming and good for the environment. Despite rumors to the contrary, the TSA doesn’t actually confiscate anything, Howell says. People can check items (unless they’re not allowed in checked baggage), leave them in their cars (if they drive to the airport), give them to a non-flying friend or mail the items back to themselves if their airport has a post office. That is, if you have arrived with enough time to place your grenade-shaped purse in your checked bag. Even those loaded guns aren’t seized by the TSA. The agency calls local law enforcement to handle the weapons, and the owners. Many travelers choose to abandon their goods at the airport, and state agencies in charge of surplus often collect, sort and re-sell whatever can be re-sold. When in doubt, check the TSA website .
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Why not wrap them at your destination and spare your traveling companions seeing their presents in advance?](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) No wrapped presents. Well, you can wrap them, but the TSA may have to unwrap them to check them out. Why not wrap them at your destination and spare your traveling companions seeing their presents in advance? Photo Illustration/Thinkstock ![\<strong\>Don't make them the bad guy. \</strong\>The TSA doesn't keep your stuff. If you don't remove your banned items from the airport, a local or state agency that collects abandoned stuff will often take and re-sell the items. ](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Don't make them the bad guy. The TSA doesn't keep your stuff. If you don't remove your banned items from the airport, a local or state agency that collects abandoned stuff will often take and re-sell the items. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images ![\<strong\>Loaded guns. \</strong\>A passenger was arrested after TSA officers found a loaded firearm concealed in her chest area at an Orlando International Airport security checkpoint on November 15. (The ammunition was loaded backwards.)](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Loaded guns. A passenger was arrested after TSA officers found a loaded firearm concealed in her chest area at an Orlando International Airport security checkpoint on November 15. (The ammunition was loaded backwards.) TSA ![\<strong\>No grenades (or replicas).\</strong\> In November alone, TSA officers discovered a replica grenade in an Atlanta passenger's carry-on bag (left), an empty grenade (center) during checked bag screening at the Detroit Wayne County Airport, and a baseball grenade during checked bag screening at Arkansas Fort Smith Airport (right). ](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) No grenades (or replicas). In November alone, TSA officers discovered a replica grenade in an Atlanta passenger's carry-on bag (left), an empty grenade (center) during checked bag screening at the Detroit Wayne County Airport, and a baseball grenade during checked bag screening at Arkansas Fort Smith Airport (right). TSA ![\<strong\>No knives please.\</strong\> These knives were found by TSA officers at Pittsburgh International Airport over the summer.](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) No knives please. These knives were found by TSA officers at Pittsburgh International Airport over the summer. TSA ![\<strong\>No bludgeons. \</strong\>Exercise weights and other heavy items that could be used as weapons may not be packed in carry-on bags. These weights and a vice grip were confiscated at airport security checkpoints at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York. ](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) No bludgeons. Exercise weights and other heavy items that could be used as weapons may not be packed in carry-on bags. These weights and a vice grip were confiscated at airport security checkpoints at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York. John Moore/Getty Images ![\<strong\>No self defense equipment.\</strong\> That means no brass knuckles, pepper spray or martial arts weapons in your carry-on bags. (It's fine in your checked bags, including sealed pepper spray.)](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) No self defense equipment. That means no brass knuckles, pepper spray or martial arts weapons in your carry-on bags. (It's fine in your checked bags, including sealed pepper spray.) TSA ![\<strong\>No flammable liquids.\</strong\> Flammable liquids are not allowed, even if you're carrying less than 3.4 ounces. These two cans of lighter fluid were discovered in checked bags at San Diego International Airport.](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) No flammable liquids. Flammable liquids are not allowed, even if you're carrying less than 3.4 ounces. These two cans of lighter fluid were discovered in checked bags at San Diego International Airport. TSA ![\<strong\>No fireworks. \</strong\>These fireworks were discovered in a carry-on bag at Chicago Midway International Airport in June but they're not allowed in checked bags either. ](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) No fireworks. These fireworks were discovered in a carry-on bag at Chicago Midway International Airport in June but they're not allowed in checked bags either. TSA ![\<strong\>No bleach, please. \</strong\>Whatever bleach or turpentine you need for the holidays, why not buy it at your destination? The TSA bans liquids that could make people sick if opened or spilled. Don't check them in your luggage either.](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) No bleach, please. Whatever bleach or turpentine you need for the holidays, why not buy it at your destination? The TSA bans liquids that could make people sick if opened or spilled. Don't check them in your luggage either. John Moore/Getty Images ![\<strong\>No wrapped presents. \</strong\>Well, you can wrap them, but the TSA may have to unwrap them to check them out. Why not wrap them at your destination and spare your traveling companions seeing their presents in advance?](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) No wrapped presents. Well, you can wrap them, but the TSA may have to unwrap them to check them out. Why not wrap them at your destination and spare your traveling companions seeing their presents in advance? Photo Illustration/Thinkstock ![\<strong\>Don't make them the bad guy. \</strong\>The TSA doesn't keep your stuff. If you don't remove your banned items from the airport, a local or state agency that collects abandoned stuff will often take and re-sell the items. ](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Don't make them the bad guy. The TSA doesn't keep your stuff. If you don't remove your banned items from the airport, a local or state agency that collects abandoned stuff will often take and re-sell the items. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images ![\<strong\>Loaded guns. \</strong\>A passenger was arrested after TSA officers found a loaded firearm concealed in her chest area at an Orlando International Airport security checkpoint on November 15. (The ammunition was loaded backwards.)](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Loaded guns. A passenger was arrested after TSA officers found a loaded firearm concealed in her chest area at an Orlando International Airport security checkpoint on November 15. (The ammunition was loaded backwards.) TSA ![\<strong\>No grenades (or replicas).\</strong\> In November alone, TSA officers discovered a replica grenade in an Atlanta passenger's carry-on bag (left), an empty grenade (center) during checked bag screening at the Detroit Wayne County Airport, and a baseball grenade during checked bag screening at Arkansas Fort Smith Airport (right). ](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) No grenades (or replicas). In November alone, TSA officers discovered a replica grenade in an Atlanta passenger's carry-on bag (left), an empty grenade (center) during checked bag screening at the Detroit Wayne County Airport, and a baseball grenade during checked bag screening at Arkansas Fort Smith Airport (right). TSA ##### Don't fly with these items 1 of 10 Prev Next CNN — As we head into the eight nights of Hanukkah, the 12 days of Christmas and the seven days of Kwaanza, it’s time to remember a few simple rules. Blades or bludgeons or brass knuckles have no place in your carry-on bags. Nor do fireworks and flammable liquids. Ad Feedback And please, please, please remove any loaded guns from your duffel bag before entering your airport security line. Ad Feedback As the US Transportation Security Administration prepares for the [nearly 116 million people AAA says](https://newsroom.aaa.com/2019/12/aaa-says-115-6-million-travelers-will-break-holiday-records/) will be traveling during the December holidays, including many people who don’t fly regularly, it’s time to review the things people try to carry through security. “Any time we have prohibited items coming through a TSA checkpoint, it slows down our screening,” says TSA spokesman Mark Howell. As traffic increases over the holidays, “we’ll have more prohibited items.” Whether you don’t remember the rules or think you’re exempt, TSA doesn’t care: No real weapons, no fake weapons, no heavy things that can be used as weapons, nothing flammable or hazardous that could be dangerous as you [travel](https://www.cnn.com/travel) at 30,000 feet. ## 1\. Where’s your gun? ![Don't strap your gun to your body or forget it in your carry-on luggage. ](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Don't strap your gun to your body or forget it in your carry-on luggage. TSA No, really. Do you know where you put it? People found with guns at TSA passenger checkpoints often claim they didn’t remember their guns were in their bags – even though most of those guns were loaded. It could cost you. Local law enforcement may arrest you, and the TSA can levy civil fines of up to \$13,333 and strip TSA PreCheck travelers of their status. (The average fine for a first offense is \$2,400 for an unloaded gun and \$3,000 to \$4,000 for a loaded gun.) Apparently, the word hasn’t gotten out: Overall, a record setting [4,239 total firearms](https://www.tsa.gov/blog/2019/02/07/tsa-year-review-record-setting-2018) were discovered in carry-on bags at checkpoints across the country in 2018, and a record 86% of them were loaded. One-third had a round chambered. The world’s busiest ariport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport seized the most last year: 298 weapons. Besides remembering where to place your gun, try not using your firing range bag for travel, says Howell. While some people remember to remove their guns, they sometimes forget to take out the live ammunition. Ammo is also not allowed to be carried on, [by TSA rules.](https://www.tsa.gov/travel/transporting-firearms-and-ammunition) Check your airline’s website for guidance on how to check a weapon. ## 2\. Not even a replica ![Please don't bring replica grenades (or real ones, either). ](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Please don't bring replica grenades (or real ones, either). TSA At 30,000 feet, your flight crew doesn’t have time to gauge if your gun or grenade is fake or could take the aircraft down. While some toys are allowed, it’s at the discretion of the TSA officer. Do you want them to take it from your screaming child’s hands? Leave those “toys” at home. ## 3\. Pack those blades ![Blades go into your checked luggage (even those nice cooking knives). ](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Blades go into your checked luggage (even those nice cooking knives). TSA There’s absolutely nothing you need to slice in the air except that first-class dinner (and your airline has dinner knives). Pocket knives, box cutters, corkscrew blades or those new fancy Heinkel kitchen knives need to be wrapped carefully and placed in your checked luggage. ## 4\. Check your bludgeons ![Pack those excercise weights and other heavy equipment. ](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Pack those excercise weights and other heavy equipment. John Moore/Getty Images “Bludgeon” is the most marvelous word for prohibited items that are heavy and powerful enough – think baseball bats, cast iron pans and kettle balls – to injure or kill someone when used as a weapon. Besides, your relatives will ruin the perfect seasoning on your cast iron pan, so just leave it at home. ## 5\. No self defense equipment ![Pack those brass knuckles in your checked luggage. ](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Pack those brass knuckles in your checked luggage. TSA Hey, Tony Soprano! That means no brass knuckles, pepper spray or martial arts weapons. It’s fine in your checked bags, including sealed pepper spray. ## 6\. No flammable liquids ![Please don't bring flammable liquids. ](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Please don't bring flammable liquids. TSA Plasma lighters, electronic lighters, butane and other flammable liquids are not allowed, even if you’re carrying less than 3.4 ounces. ## 7\. No fireworks or explosives ![Fireworks should stay home. ](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Fireworks should stay home. TSA You may not transport fireworks, which could easily be set off mid-air, for New Year’s Eve celebrations. Alternatively, view the fireworks from a safe distance with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen on CNN’s New Year’s Eve special! Remember that replicas of explosives – like fake grenades – are not allowed either. ## 8\. Hazardous liquids ![Buy bleach or other TSA-prohibited liquids when you land. ](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Buy bleach or other TSA-prohibited liquids when you land. John Moore/Getty Images Whatever turpentine or paint thinner is your favorite brand, you’ll need to buy it at your destination. Other banned liquids includes products such as bleach or other liquids that could make people sick if opened or spilled. Don’t check them in your luggage either. ## 9\. Oversized liquids Containers of liquid that violate [the 3.4-ounce (100 milliliter) rule](https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/liquids-rule) are the number one offender. “If It can be pumped, poured, spread or sprayed and it’s more than 3.4 ounces,” it needs to be packed, says TSA’s Howell. ## 10\. Wrapped presents ![Don't make TSA officers unwrap your presents. ](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Don't make TSA officers unwrap your presents. Photo Illustration/Thinkstock While the TSA isn’t always Grinch-like about your carefully wrapped presents, those that look suspicious will undergo a secondary-unwrapping-and-screening. Wrap your gifts when you arrive at your mother’s home, or better yet, do what my partner’s parents do and use easily opened reusable cloth Christmas bags. They are charming and good for the environment. ## The TSA doesn’t want your stuff ![The TSA doesn't want to take your stuff. ](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) The TSA doesn't want to take your stuff. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Despite rumors to the contrary, the TSA doesn’t actually confiscate anything, Howell says. People can check items (unless they’re not allowed in checked baggage), leave them in their cars (if they drive to the airport), give them to a non-flying friend or mail the items back to themselves if their airport has a post office. That is, if you have arrived with enough time to place your [grenade-shaped purse](https://www.cnn.com/2011/12/02/travel/air-passenger-gun-purse/index.html) in your checked bag. Even those loaded guns aren’t seized by the TSA. The agency calls local law enforcement to handle the weapons, and the owners. Many travelers choose to abandon their goods at the airport, and state agencies in charge of surplus often collect, sort and re-sell whatever can be re-sold. When in doubt, check [the TSA website](https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring/all). 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Readable Markdown	##### Don't fly with these items 1 of 10 CNN — As we head into the eight nights of Hanukkah, the 12 days of Christmas and the seven days of Kwaanza, it’s time to remember a few simple rules. Blades or bludgeons or brass knuckles have no place in your carry-on bags. Nor do fireworks and flammable liquids. Ad Feedback And please, please, please remove any loaded guns from your duffel bag before entering your airport security line. Ad Feedback As the US Transportation Security Administration prepares for the [nearly 116 million people AAA says](https://newsroom.aaa.com/2019/12/aaa-says-115-6-million-travelers-will-break-holiday-records/) will be traveling during the December holidays, including many people who don’t fly regularly, it’s time to review the things people try to carry through security. “Any time we have prohibited items coming through a TSA checkpoint, it slows down our screening,” says TSA spokesman Mark Howell. As traffic increases over the holidays, “we’ll have more prohibited items.” Whether you don’t remember the rules or think you’re exempt, TSA doesn’t care: No real weapons, no fake weapons, no heavy things that can be used as weapons, nothing flammable or hazardous that could be dangerous as you [travel](https://www.cnn.com/travel) at 30,000 feet. No, really. Do you know where you put it? People found with guns at TSA passenger checkpoints often claim they didn’t remember their guns were in their bags – even though most of those guns were loaded. It could cost you. Local law enforcement may arrest you, and the TSA can levy civil fines of up to \$13,333 and strip TSA PreCheck travelers of their status. (The average fine for a first offense is \$2,400 for an unloaded gun and \$3,000 to \$4,000 for a loaded gun.) Apparently, the word hasn’t gotten out: Overall, a record setting [4,239 total firearms](https://www.tsa.gov/blog/2019/02/07/tsa-year-review-record-setting-2018) were discovered in carry-on bags at checkpoints across the country in 2018, and a record 86% of them were loaded. One-third had a round chambered. The world’s busiest ariport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport seized the most last year: 298 weapons. Besides remembering where to place your gun, try not using your firing range bag for travel, says Howell. While some people remember to remove their guns, they sometimes forget to take out the live ammunition. Ammo is also not allowed to be carried on, [by TSA rules.](https://www.tsa.gov/travel/transporting-firearms-and-ammunition) Check your airline’s website for guidance on how to check a weapon. At 30,000 feet, your flight crew doesn’t have time to gauge if your gun or grenade is fake or could take the aircraft down. While some toys are allowed, it’s at the discretion of the TSA officer. Do you want them to take it from your screaming child’s hands? Leave those “toys” at home. There’s absolutely nothing you need to slice in the air except that first-class dinner (and your airline has dinner knives). Pocket knives, box cutters, corkscrew blades or those new fancy Heinkel kitchen knives need to be wrapped carefully and placed in your checked luggage. “Bludgeon” is the most marvelous word for prohibited items that are heavy and powerful enough – think baseball bats, cast iron pans and kettle balls – to injure or kill someone when used as a weapon. Besides, your relatives will ruin the perfect seasoning on your cast iron pan, so just leave it at home. Hey, Tony Soprano! That means no brass knuckles, pepper spray or martial arts weapons. It’s fine in your checked bags, including sealed pepper spray. Plasma lighters, electronic lighters, butane and other flammable liquids are not allowed, even if you’re carrying less than 3.4 ounces. You may not transport fireworks, which could easily be set off mid-air, for New Year’s Eve celebrations. Alternatively, view the fireworks from a safe distance with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen on CNN’s New Year’s Eve special! Remember that replicas of explosives – like fake grenades – are not allowed either. Whatever turpentine or paint thinner is your favorite brand, you’ll need to buy it at your destination. Other banned liquids includes products such as bleach or other liquids that could make people sick if opened or spilled. Don’t check them in your luggage either. Containers of liquid that violate [the 3.4-ounce (100 milliliter) rule](https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/liquids-rule) are the number one offender. “If It can be pumped, poured, spread or sprayed and it’s more than 3.4 ounces,” it needs to be packed, says TSA’s Howell. While the TSA isn’t always Grinch-like about your carefully wrapped presents, those that look suspicious will undergo a secondary-unwrapping-and-screening. Wrap your gifts when you arrive at your mother’s home, or better yet, do what my partner’s parents do and use easily opened reusable cloth Christmas bags. They are charming and good for the environment. Despite rumors to the contrary, the TSA doesn’t actually confiscate anything, Howell says. People can check items (unless they’re not allowed in checked baggage), leave them in their cars (if they drive to the airport), give them to a non-flying friend or mail the items back to themselves if their airport has a post office. That is, if you have arrived with enough time to place your [grenade-shaped purse](https://www.cnn.com/2011/12/02/travel/air-passenger-gun-purse/index.html) in your checked bag. Even those loaded guns aren’t seized by the TSA. The agency calls local law enforcement to handle the weapons, and the owners. Many travelers choose to abandon their goods at the airport, and state agencies in charge of surplus often collect, sort and re-sell whatever can be re-sold. When in doubt, check [the TSA website](https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring/all).
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