Harrassed & Detained For Carrying Cash @ Airport

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

People keep money in a metal box. He was at a convention type setting selling t shirts, caps etc.

if you were at a convention selling things like that where you were going to take in around 5 grand... what would you use for a cash box?

Probably a metal box with a plastic insert with slots for ones, fives, tens, twenties and a slot for pennies, nickels dimes, quarters etc?

That is exactly what I would use... and that is exactly what I would have to take home with me when I headed home.

That is not suspicious.

But... I repeat.

Cash is contraband?

Digging,
It still says this - "When TSA discovers contraband during the screening process that is not a TSA Prohibited Item,..."

All that means is they have the right to question, even if it not listed as a TSA prohibited item. That's all I'm saying.

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Digging,
It still says this - "When TSA discovers contraband during the screening process that is not a TSA Prohibited Item,..."

All that means is they have the right to question, even if it not listed as a TSA prohibited item. That's all I'm saying.

If they discover contraband.

Cash is not contraband.

That's the point.

Neither are frilly night gowns, beef jerky or stuffed animals.

Let me ask this a different way.

Contraband is... goods or merchandise whose importation, exportation, or possession is forbidden ; also : smuggled goods

Is cash.... goods or merchandise whose importation, exportation, or possession is forbidden ; also : smuggled goods

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

If they discover contraband.

Cash is not contraband.

That's the point.

Neither are frilly night gowns, beef jerky or stuffed animals.

Let me ask this a different way.

Contraband is goods or merchandise whose importation, exportation, or possession is forbidden ; also : smuggled goods

Is cash goods or merchandise whose importation, exportation, or possession is forbidden ; also : smuggled goods

Contraband is defined as any material item or good that is unlawfully:

* Possessed
* Produced
* Concealed
* Transported (including import and export)
* Bought
* Sold
* Rented
* Otherwise Transferred or Distributed


Counterfeiting is the crime of producing fraudulent money or other documents which are lawfully contraband.

Money can be concealed and it can be counterfeited - so money can be contraband.

http://www.criminal-law-lawyer-sourc...ontraband.html

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Contraband is defined as any material item or good that is unlawfully:

* Possessed
* Produced
* Concealed
* Transported (including import and export)
* Bought
* Sold
* Rented
* Otherwise Transferred or Distributed


Counterfeiting is the crime of producing fraudulent money or other documents which are lawfully contraband.

Money can be concealed and it can be counterfeited - so money can be contraband.

http://www.criminal-law-lawyer-sourc...ontraband.html

Wow... you want to be right BAD on this one sister.

I have never seen you stretch things like you are stretching it here.

Surely you don't really believe what you just posted to be a true depiction of factual evidence that legal tender Federal Reserve Notes are contraband?

Anyway... the extremes you are going to on this particular attempt brings even a person with a one dollar bill in their back pocket into suspicion.

This isn't about amounts. You are saying... full out... that cash... good ole American fiat cash... is contraband... period.

I sure hope you can catch a ride back from these stretches you are making.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

Wow... you want to be right BAD on this one sister.

I have never seen you stretch things like you are stretching it here.

Surely you don't really believe what you just posted to be a true depiction of factual evidence that legal tender Federal Reserve Notes are contraband?

Anyway... the extremes you are going to on this particular attempt brings even a person with a one dollar bill in their back pocket into suspicion.

This isn't about amounts. You are saying... full out... that cash... good ole American fiat cash... is contraband... period.

I sure you can catch a ride back from these stretches you are making.

Wouldn't they approach this the same way in a court of law? I'm just interrogating you, Digging! LOL!

I'm saying it can be considered contraband if it's hidden and looks suspicious.

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Wouldn't they approach this the same way in a court of law? I'm just interrogating you, Digging! LOL!

I'm saying it can be considered contraband if it's hidden and looks suspicious.

No ma'am... it cannot.

If it is legal tender it cannot be considered contraband if it is not illegal for you to possess it.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

No ma'am... it cannot.

If it is legal tender it cannot be considered contraband if it is not illegal for you to possess it.

Is it illegal to possess the cash if you are are suspected of drug dealing?

[coadie]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

Wow... you want to be right BAD on this one sister.

I have never seen you stretch things like you are stretching it here.

Surely you don't really believe what you just posted to be a true depiction of factual evidence that legal tender Federal Reserve Notes are contraband?

Anyway... the extremes you are going to on this particular attempt brings even a person with a one dollar bill in their back pocket into suspicion.

This isn't about amounts. You are saying... full out... that cash... good ole American fiat cash... is contraband... period.

I sure hope you can catch a ride back from these stretches you are making.

Blasphemy. They have the nerve to Print In God we Trust on contraband.