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8. It was an empty launch tube - it represented no danger to anyone. nt

Reply to asiliveandbreathe (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 29, 2019, 12:38 PM

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Texas Man Caught With Missile Launcher In Checked Baggage At BWI Airport [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2019 OP

It is interesting living in Texas at times Gothmog Jul 2019 #1

Agree! Lonestarblue Jul 2019 #6

I have a similar problem... Wuddles440 Jul 2019 #51

Was this another "empty tube" ? n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2019 #2

Yes, that's all it was. There are pictures at the link. jmowreader Jul 2019 #18

Yes MosheFeingold Jul 2019 #59

Let's ask the science officer. sl8 Jul 2019 #64

Confucius say - I'm confused...OMG.... asiliveandbreathe Jul 2019 #3

It was an empty launch tube - it represented no danger to anyone. nt hack89 Jul 2019 #8

But it's military. Igel Jul 2019 #11

Yep customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #35

So, not only is guy amazingly stupid sdfernando Jul 2019 #4

Not really hack89 Jul 2019 #9

It's court-martial, and the empty launch tube had no military value Brother Buzz Jul 2019 #12

Thanks for the education on this sdfernando Jul 2019 #19

TSA rules are pretty black and white hack89 Jul 2019 #23

What hack89 said Brother Buzz Jul 2019 #34

Texas man is trying to compete with Florida man IronLionZion Jul 2019 #5

It's an empty launch tube. nt hack89 Jul 2019 #7

Which denies neither the particulars nor the premise of the article. nt, pt II LanternWaste Jul 2019 #14

The point being it represented no threat to anyone. hack89 Jul 2019 #15

Actually, it is for him angrychair Jul 2019 #20

That is not true at all hack89 Jul 2019 #21

I believe this is much closer to the truth than the post it was replying to VMA131Marine Jul 2019 #46

Seems that the real point must be crime of theft. procon Jul 2019 #39

You usually ask permission hack89 Jul 2019 #40

If that is a military regulation then its unlikely procon Jul 2019 #42

Then you need to to me show the actual regulation. hack89 Jul 2019 #43

Start with that fraud, waste and abuse caveate procon Jul 2019 #49

That's not a regulation - that's a Gish gallop hack89 Jul 2019 #55

I don't think it's even a launch tube VMA131Marine Jul 2019 #45

I'm just glad "some son of a bitch" didn't die. Onyrleft Jul 2019 #10

Sounds like grand theft to me. procon Jul 2019 #13

It is a single use, disposable launch tube hack89 Jul 2019 #16

The military doesn't track disposable sarisataka Jul 2019 #17

If they are supposed to be turned in for disposal procon Jul 2019 #41

Sometimes there is salvage value sarisataka Jul 2019 #44

They're fiberglass; it's cheaper to just melt down more sand Recursion Jul 2019 #61

Why are people acting like this is no big deal?!? angrychair Jul 2019 #22

Because you are wrong? hack89 Jul 2019 #25

That just isnt true angrychair Jul 2019 #27

I am a retired military officer hack89 Jul 2019 #29

In my case angrychair Jul 2019 #31

I would imagine they have the stricter standards hack89 Jul 2019 #32

My buddy told me angrychair Jul 2019 #54

I have over 4,200 hours of combined Call of Duty and Battlefield 4 play... Sapient Donkey Jul 2019 #60

Because we are ex-military Abnredleg Jul 2019 #28

See my post #27 angrychair Jul 2019 #30

The plural of anecdote is NOT data! VMA131Marine Jul 2019 #48

The plural of anecdote is not data. angrychair Jul 2019 #53

When I was in Basic Training, and learning to use the LAW, Light Anti-Tank weapon, Aristus Jul 2019 #24

That is a Griffen launch tube hack89 Jul 2019 #26

Thank you customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #36

Thanks for the info hack. MicaelS Jul 2019 #63

He should be treated exactly the same as a brown person IronLionZion Jul 2019 #33

How do you know he was not a "brown person"? nt hack89 Jul 2019 #37

Brown people get caught without any weapons at all, just brown skin is enough. nt IronLionZion Jul 2019 #38

Not to worry, he will use it to hunt deer. pazzyanne Jul 2019 #47

The only way he could sarisataka Jul 2019 #50

Thank you nocoincidences Jul 2019 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Jul 2019 #56

Open the link in the OP. There are pictures. hack89 Jul 2019 #57

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Jul 2019 #58

Reminds me of that Bruce Cockburn song. MicaelS Jul 2019 #62

You beat me to it. area51 Jul 2019 #65

It's not like you can't buy these at military surplus stores already NickB79 Jul 2019 #66

He didn't even miss his flight, which tells you how serious the TSA was about this. Calista241 Jul 2019 #67