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Just after 9/11, the security at Foxboro stadium where the Patriots used to play tightened up. The weird thing was that we were not allowed to bring any of our edged weapons (swords, spontoon, tomahawks, etc.) into the Pro Shop but we could bring our muskets and cartouche boxes, which held about a pound of rolled black-powder cartridges. Here's the kicker; the powder was "OK" because it wasn't on the list of banned items; the EXPLOSIVES weren't on the list!

Back in '85, our regiment marched in Reagan's 2nd inaugural parade and the Secret Service (aka, the SS) made us take the hammers off our muskets and one of our guys had one of those small plastic swords from the previous night's martini confiscated because "...it could be used as a projectile." The funny part was that the guy was our ensign and he carried a flag, not a musket.

I wish someone would run for office on the platform "Let's make Common Sense, Common!"