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Seems that even england has braindead simpletons in charge of airport security. Seriously, are terrorists supposed to feel guilty about trying to sneak weapons by these people because "bless em they're trying their little hearts out!"?

Then again, given the size of the "weapon", its clear that its reduced from the original which makes it all the more deadly if homeopathy is right (SPOILER: It isn't)

Maybe it's because it's a British-made weapon, and they hadn't properly filled out all the pertinent export forms.

Well better safe than sorry... Though in this case I guess we're both safe and sorry.

Glad I wasn't there, I'd have been too tempted to snatch the gun back and hold the security guy hostage with it, screaming "one step closer and I shoot!!! (has anyone got any tweezers? My finger is too small for the trigger guard)"

I'll never understand this whole paranoia about hand luggage onboard airplanes. OK, I would not like to be sitted next to a guy with a shotgun, but I really don't see how someone could hijack a plane with a bottle of shampoo and a nail scisor... besides, if someone really wants to hijack a plane and is willing to die in the process, he won't need any plastic toy gun, threatening to strangle a hostess might be just as efficient.

wars would be so much cooler if everyone used those tiny weapons.

so cool

If I grab that gun and throw it at you at juuuust the right angle, I could hit you in the eye and cause severe damage and if you happen to be the plane's pilot, you'd all be screwed!

Or I could poke you in the back with it and tell you it's a knife!

Or... or I could put it between the fingers of my closed fist and add +1 piercing damage with it.

Really, all it takes is a little imagination to turn that into a deadly weapon. :)

Better take everyone's FISTS away at boarding because they can be deadly weapons as well...b etter be sure and have a surgeon onboard for later reattachment at deplaning though.

you are all laughing now, but you'll be sorry when the god emperor will take over every plane on the planet with his army of figurine space marines.

EX-TER-MIN.....ATUS!....EXTERMINATUS!

BZZZZAP!

Not that I'm condoning the paranoia shown in airports but I think the idea with the shampoo and similar things is that it could be plastic explosive or some similar thing. You know that stuff you see - usually in shows like 24 and spy movies - where they put this toothpaste-like substance around a door, then detonate it and it blows the door off the hinges? Stuff like that.

Though a lot of things they're wary about are things that could just make a mess - that's why you are allowed to take smaller containers of toothpaste, shampoo and face wash on as long as it's in a little plastic bag. They also wouldn't let me take my cans of Carling (lager) on, but that was probably more to do with the fact that they wanted to sell me little tiny cans of Heineken for about £4 each.

I guess planes can only be used for people now? I suppose if I buy souvenirs in another country I'll just have to ship them back home separately.