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US transport security's Instagram shows confiscated guns and fireworks

We think it’s bad to carry liquids on board.

SOME PEOPLE REALLY push the boundaries of airport security by trying to carry on liquids and sharp items.

However, these people really took it to the extreme when they tried get firearms, weapons and fireworks passed the US’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

Lucky for us the TSA set up an Instagram account and have documented many of the items confiscated. Check them out here:

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    Fireworks don't fly (on planes) read the caption with this image. (Pic: TSA/Instagram)
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    Bayonet and throwing knife discovered at LongBeach. (Pic: TSA/Instagram)
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    Belt buckle knife discovered at Newark. (Pic: TSA/Instagram)
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    Knife that looks like a gun was found in Cleveland. (Pic: TSA/Instagram)
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    Loaded firearm discovered in a carry-on bag at Austin Bergstrom Airport. (Pic: TSA/Instagram)
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    Loaded firearm discovered in a carry-on bag in Albuquerque. (Pic: TSA/Instagram)
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    Credit card knife discovered in Miami. (Pic: TSA/Instagram)
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    Derringers discovered at Charleston. (Pic: TSA/Instagram)
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    Stun gun disguised as a pack of cigarettes discovered at Cleveland. (Pic: TSA/Instagram)

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    Dec 12th 2018, 9:39 PM

    A perfect metaphor for today’s Russia…

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    Dec 13th 2018, 8:50 AM

    @Paul J. Redmond: a Potemkin village?

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    Dec 13th 2018, 5:10 PM

    @Paul J. Redmond: Are you a racist Father…

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    Mute Danny G
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    Dec 12th 2018, 10:04 PM

    the late late show had one of them for years until Tubs replaced him!

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    Mute Robert Rusk
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    Dec 13th 2018, 8:51 AM

    @Danny G: except it couldnt dance or sing

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    Dec 13th 2018, 10:48 AM

    @Robert Rusk: Still can’t.

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    Dec 12th 2018, 9:38 PM

    Should’ve got someone who could actually dance and it might have looked half realistic then. Peter Crouch maybe?

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    Dec 12th 2018, 9:53 PM

    Johnny 5 is alive!

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    Dec 12th 2018, 10:54 PM

    AWESOM-O

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    Dec 13th 2018, 3:50 AM

    @Darren Davis: fart sequence gave him away

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    Dec 12th 2018, 9:38 PM

    Cmon now Ted

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    Dec 13th 2018, 8:52 AM

    @Donnacha Bhoicaire: wait a minute … these are FAKE HANDS

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    Dec 12th 2018, 9:48 PM

    Did they get it from Western Building Systems?

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    Dec 12th 2018, 10:11 PM

    It’s no Boston Dynamics robot that’s for sure…they are getting scary

    https://youtu.be/wXxrmussq4E

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    Dec 13th 2018, 12:03 AM

    @Barry Somers: that’s clearly a dog in a costume!

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    Dec 13th 2018, 1:54 PM

    @Toomasu Sumitsu: shi*t, you are right, it’s clearly a greyhound

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    Dec 12th 2018, 9:58 PM

    George Lucas was way ahead of his time

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    Dec 13th 2018, 7:25 AM

    So after years of Russian bots pretending to be people we have Russian people pretending to be Bots.

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    Dec 12th 2018, 9:39 PM

    Should have got peter crouch !

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    Dec 12th 2018, 10:04 PM

    It was a give away when he pissed on Trumps bed …

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    Dec 13th 2018, 8:25 AM

    This is clearly a plot by the West to discredit Russia, followers of Putin will be along shortly to explain properly.

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    Dec 12th 2018, 10:00 PM

    Chief Knock-A-Homer strikes again

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    Dec 12th 2018, 10:00 PM

    Aliexpress?.

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    Dec 13th 2018, 2:55 AM

    It does look like a lad in a costume to be fair haha

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    Dec 12th 2018, 11:24 PM

    Those pesky Russians

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    Dec 13th 2018, 6:05 PM

    Aren’t they all robots?

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    Dec 13th 2018, 5:13 PM

    If they wanted to fool people they wouldn’t have used a commonly used costume, it seems that if they used a Santa clause costume then the same people would find something else to complain about as the same people complain about Russian bot under their beds…

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    Dec 12th 2018, 10:04 PM

    United should sign him up

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