Man makes an assortment of weapons from items he bought in airport terminals

While the TSA is busy trying to detect and confiscate every conventional weapon that travelers attempt to take through security checkpoints, one man spends his free time building some very unconventional weapons out of items that are available in almost any Hudson News in any airport terminal. Evan Booth has made a fragmentation grenade, a remote detonator and a set of nunchucks out of souvenirs, Scotch tape and other everyday items that he bought in airport gift shops, Starbucks and duty free stores.

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Booth limits his research — which he says he self-reports to the Department of Homeland Security — to weapons made from things that can be bought after the security screening area, and he does not bring anything into the airport other than cash and a TSA-approved multi-tool. He also says (and this is extra important) that not one of his projects has been "built, handled, or transported in or near an airport."

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Are you asking yourself "But what if terrorists see this?" Booth already anticipated that question. On his website, Terminal Cornucopia, he wrote:

"An even better question is: What if they already know all this? All of these findings have been reported to the Department of Homeland Security (TSA) to help them better detect these types of threats. Furthermore, the next time you fly, you’ll be flying as a more informed consumer (and taxpayer, possibly) — one who is more equipped to demand better, more appropriate airport security."

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So far, he has constructed 11 weapons and, as Uproxx pointed out, he's probably "on every TSA agent’s radar from New York to California." Next time, he might not be allowed to buy a coffee mug, a package of chewing gum or a handful of Lady Liberty refrigerator magnets.