First of all, there is a list of all prohbibited items to be transported via passenger aircraft available at the airport or on-line with the TSA and is given in news print and TV. If you try to pass through with any item that is prohibited, you are in violation. You DO have choices. I'm sure the greyhound is running!

Second, the final call on any item to not pass inspection is made by the airline.

Would you be happy if someone you invited into your home brought fireworks and lit them off in your backyard without your permission? Would you like it if your guest decided to smoke in your bathroom? Maybe you are okay with them trying to light a shoe-bomb off in your livingroom. Extreme? Well, considering that you are captive in a pressurized tube 30,000 feet in the air, maybe not so much.

Now, you DO NOT forefit your rights when you walk through an airport check-point. You CONSENT to the screening process by WILLINGLY standing in line and placing your items into a tray to be x-rayed. You were not forced to consent! And, you clearly know the rules! And, when a TSA Officer finds something suspicious or prohibited in your bag via x-ray, I believe that would be probable cause. Remmeber, YOU submitted yourself to the process, the TSA has the support of the local police department, they have full guidlines to follow and have taken an oath to protect the flying public!

With all the blunders and mistakes in the current administration, I think the TSA is the only Government department commited to keeping the traveling public secure. Besides, you could always walk.