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LI senator: Allowing pocketknives on planes "absurd, illogical and completely lacking common sense"
A Long Island senator Thursday blasted federal rules to let passengers carry pocketknives on airplanes and promised state hearings.
Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. (R-Merrick) called the Transportation Security Administration’s rules “absurd, illogical, and completely lacking commonsense.”
“The TSA needs to immediately reconsider its actions,” Fuschillo said in a statement. “A knife, regardless...