He said he collects knives. That’s his story, and he’s sticking to it. “Man tries to board plane at Baltimore airport with 13 knives,” by Rebecca Ruiz for MSNBC.com, July 14 (thanks to Kenneth):
A 24-year-old Baltimore man tried to board a flight last week with these knives in his carry-on luggage.
Amr Gamal Shedid was attempting to fly from Baltimore Washington International Airport to Minnesota on July 7 when a security officer operating an X-ray machine noticed something suspicious and discovered the 12 switchblades and a butterfly knife in the flier’s luggage, according to Sgt. Kirk Perez, a spokesperson for the Maryland Transportation Authority Police. Shedid told officers that he collected knives.
The man did not appear to be involved in a plot or a threat onboard the plane. “We don’t have any indication to lead us to believe anything along those lines at this time,” said Perez.
Of course! Who ever heard of a Muslim trying to bring a weapon onto an airplane?