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Wed, Jul 13, 2011

Stun Guns Popular On NY-Area Flights

TSA Stops Passenger With Devices in Carry-On; Another Slips Through

The problem with consumer-grade stun guns is, they look too much like cellphones.

The New Jersey Star-Ledger reports the agency is investigating the discovery by a rattled cleaning crew member of a stun gun, left in the seatback pocket of a JetBlue flight from Boston to Newark Liberty last Friday. Reuters cites a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in reporting the device looked like a cellphone.

FBI spokesman Bryan Travers told ABC News investigators know who was sitting in that seat on the flight, but can't say for sure he was the person who brought the weapon on board.

Reuters reports officials are not sure whether the stun gun was sneaked past a TSA checkpoint, put on the plane after it landed, or even left by a law enforcement official.

The TSA did manage to stop a passenger from bringing two stun guns onto a plane at JFK Airport on Sunday. The New York Post reports 53-year-old Othon Mourkakos, a restaurateur from Alpine, NJ, told screeners he planned to take the stun guns to relatives in Greece, where civil unrest has grown recently. He reportedly claimed he had no idea you can't bring a stun gun on an airliner in a carry-on.

So, when you travel this summer, and you're standing in the screening line, and you wonder why the video loop showing on the big screen keeps repeating all those decade-old security rules you figured everyone knew - this is why.

FMI: www.panynj.gov

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