Weapons Made Out of Junk Bought Past Airport Security

Everything you see there was bought from stores within an airport, and the weapon exploits some simple chemical reactions. There's a fair chance it would take your arm off with it, but it also puts those coins through a partition wall, so it counts as a weapon. "I think people have kind of been suspecting that the type of things I've built are possible," says Booth, "I just don't think anyone's ever taken the time to do it." The object of the research is a demonstration - half silly, half disturbing - that weapons are everywhere and that the "Security theatre" of the TSA is not doing that much to keep us safe. So much easier to build dangerous weapons out of stuf that's already lying around - going to the effort of manufacturing a completely new type of weapon is a long way from being sensible or practical.
Source: THE NEW REPUBLIC


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