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Meanwhile I’ve gone gun range to airport without a change of clothes between and neither my skin or clothing apparently triggered anything when they swabbed me.
by nucleardog 6y ago
Meanwhile I’ve gone gun range to airport without a change of clothes between and neither my skin or clothing apparently triggered anything when they swabbed me...
Not sure what specifically their explosives test is testing for, but when I realized what I’d done while waiting in the security line the scenario that played out in my head definitely included them picking up on a wackload of gunpowder residue.
- kweks 6y agoPyrotechnician here. I've walked off gigs with my hands black from powder, smelling of powder, with so much powder falling from my bags that the security guards laughed about how "dirty" my bag was, got swabbed and went through without issue. Likewise, I have had colleagues travel with 12" mortar shells in their baggage without any issue. I can only assume they're checking for deflagrating explosives (TATP, ampho, etc).
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y agoThis is tremendously ballsy, and hilarious.