Another one.
Coming back from Kilimanjaro my climbing partner had a very primitive Masai bow and some arrows. He knew the arrows wouldn't make it, but that without arrows the bow should.
Security wouldn't accept the bow.
I suggested he take the string off one end.
Security said he'd have a whip.
Take the string off both ends.
Nope. He could put it back on.
It's a stick and some string.
No.
He had to go through the mess of checking it, back through security, etc.
Too much power in the hands of the ignorant can lead to all kinds of problems, I believe.
Arf