
NEW YORK, NY: A dangerous-looking piece of "artwork" is displayed after being confiscated at an airport security checkpoint at the JFK International Airport on November 18, 2014 in New York City. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), displayed a cache of weapons and prohibited items taken from travelers at airport security checkpoints and from checked luggage. The federal agency is reminding people to pack carefully during the heavy holiday travel season. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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Now these are weapons: Nunchakus and a Chinese star on display after being confiscated at New York's JFK International Airport.
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Prohibited excercise weights and a vice grip, both seized from a traveler (presumbly a very ripped one) at JFK.
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This anchor may look small and cute, but apparently the TSA agents at JFK consider it a weapon.
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These sharp items were seized from a traveler—a carpenter? a serial killer?—at JFK airport.
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Let's hope the guy who packed this was a butcher, and not the Sweeney Todd kind—a meat cleaver is displayed after being confiscated at an airport security checkpoint at the JFK International Airport.
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Well, these are disturbing—"Credit card" knives, part of a cache of weaposn confiscated at JFK airport on November 18, 2014.
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Remember, kids: just because your bottle opener is patriotic doesn't make it safe to carry on.
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This chainsaw may be a toy, but it still didn't make it on the plane.
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Fake grenades and ammunition—probably not the best thing to pack during the holiday travel crunch.
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