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[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

They will often search people when they go through the metal detector at the airport. They will sometimes have you take off your shoes and they will often open your bags and this type of thing. As I said, I think they should do it. It's absolutely necessary.

But they don't do that until you check in for your flight-- I can hang out at the Fast Wok at La Guardia (or whatever the Chinese food spot there is) all day without having to take off my shoes. My point is, they don't search you until you check in for a flight. And unless I'm wrong, those flights are run by private companies. The discussion was about searches in public places, wasn't it?