Timeline for Are the TSA rules legally binding?
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| Oct 12, 2013 at 1:06 | comment | added | lambshaanxy | I did not claim they never fine; in fact, the TSA claims the right to impose "civil penalties" (fine) for bringing in weaponry, but not for other prohibited items like a bottle of water. See tsa.gov/sites/default/files/assets/pdf/… . | |
| Oct 10, 2013 at 21:37 | comment | added | Relaxed | @jpatokal As I don't know US law, your interpretation may be correct in the end but you are certainly over-interpreting the text you're quoting to back that up. It only discusses inadvertently carrying prohibited items. Nowhere does it says that the TSA cannot and never will impose fines and the end of the second paragraph clearly implies that it could under certain conditions do it, rightly or wrongly, for any type of item if they consider that you are deliberately trying to break their rules (which, in many countries, is actually a precondition for all criminal offenses). | |
| Jun 23, 2012 at 10:22 | comment | added | lambshaanxy | @Mark: Carrying drugs or weapons on a plane is a federal offence, hence the line about criminal charges, but this has nothing to do with TSA regulations. | |
| Jun 23, 2012 at 10:20 | history | edited | lambshaanxy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 23, 2012 at 8:42 | comment | added | littleadv | Something being illegal doesn't mean something being criminal. Speeding isn't a criminal offense in most cases, just as well. TSA is not law enforcement per se, but its regulations are to be complied with. | |
| Jun 23, 2012 at 5:30 | comment | added | Mark Mayo | Oops, it appears you didn't read the last line when you said violations could only lead to civil charges, not criminal ones - directly from your quote - "Carrying some prohibited items could result in both a civil and criminal enforcement action.". Guess that's a yes, you can be criminally charged then? | |
| Jun 23, 2012 at 5:26 | comment | added | Mark Mayo | your second link doesn't seem to work? | |
| Jun 23, 2012 at 5:15 | history | answered | lambshaanxy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |