What do airlines and the TSA have against author, radio personality and TheBlaze TV host Dana Loesch? In 2012, her husband Chris was subjected to two pat-downs and two swabs and held in a private screening room for 40 minutes. When she won a clear glass Breitbart Award the following month, the TSA somehow suspected it might be some kind of bomb.
Three months later she was groped by the TSA after being found to be “tainted with explosives.” The following summer? “I had a very nice lady by idiotic policy forced to grab my chest, butt, and crotch.”
Tonight? A trip home from the SHOT Show turned into another travel nightmare because of a brass pen.
I LOATHE TSA. TSA raising a FIT because we have vet-made pens from bullets casings. Refuse to let us put in checked bag and "deciding" now.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 23, 2015
American Airlines deliberating over our DANGEROUS VET MADE PEN in a bullet casing. http://t.co/HiLJVS66uM
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 23, 2015
Marker in a 50 cal casing. We asked if we could check these in bags. TSA called in to determine this… http://t.co/uRDeyMXqkA
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 23, 2015
IT IS A PEN. The body of the pen is a bullet casing. The guns are PEN GUTS. IT WRITES. TSA had to "decide." They are having deliberations.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 23, 2015
"The knives are OK but the pens …" REAL STATEMENT NO JOKE.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 23, 2015
Knives TOTALLY FINE in checked bag. MARKER and PEN made of brass = TSA deliberations.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 23, 2015
Still waiting. We've been here for 20 minutes while TSA decides about our pens.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 24, 2015
Still waiting. The lady who took the pens is nowhere in sight.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 24, 2015
The marker and pen were made by a man who lost his son in Afghanistan. His son had the idea for the biz and the father is seeing it thru.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 24, 2015
He gave them to me during my book signing at SHOT. Amazing story and tribute to a hero.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 24, 2015
Notified that this is @AmericanAir policy.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 24, 2015
INSANE. @AmericanAir REFUSES TO ALLOW PENS made of casings.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 24, 2015
Thanks, @AmericanAir . You are a joke. You CONFISCATED pens made with BRASS. They won't stop calling it "ammunition."
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 24, 2015
They allow packed AMMUNITION IN A CHECKED BAG. Not a pen. @AmericanAir
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 24, 2015
I will never again fly @AmericanAir .
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 24, 2015
#americanairlines http://t.co/jDQWSe3ide
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 24, 2015
This is what @AmericanAir says is too dangerous to fly with; confiscated. http://t.co/ehBhzgtTd7
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 24, 2015
So @AmericanAir now not confiscating, allowed us to mail but POST OFFICE IS CLOSED. THANKS AA!
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 24, 2015
Can you get these items to Dallas? NO RT @AmericanAir: @DLoesch Dana, please DM us your info. We'd like to discuss it a bit further.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 24, 2015
Heading to USO to leave the pens with them. http://t.co/ZWWcNH7Y7K
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 24, 2015
A happy ending of sorts, courtesy of neither the TSA nor American Airlines.
Went to give pens to USO. After I explained why they (were shocked) kindly offered to mail them. Put all our cash in their donation box.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 24, 2015
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Update:
If you like the pen and don’t plan on flying with it, here’s the site to visit.
I remembered the company name, no need to wait til I retrieve the card: http://t.co/3jr76N80Hv Entire biz to honor a hero.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 24, 2015
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