Kirpans@bham Int. Airport

[anjaan]

Recently on the way to Germany my friend came across a confiscated items box at Bham Int. Airport which contained a large amount of kirpans alongside other items such as scissors and blades.

He was disgusted by the way the kirpans were kept and displayed to the passengers as items of threat.

On his return to the UK he wrote to the airport asking that the Kirpans be handed over to a local Gurdwara.

The airport officials refused to do so and said they were not at liberty to release them.

He has single handedly campaigned against this and the kirpans have now been handed over to a Gurdwara in Birmingham.

Just a note for anyone travelling, in order to prevent beadbi to your kirpan, please make sure you have taken the unfortunate but necessary means of removing it from your body before flying out!

[curious_man]

respect to ure frend !!

[AmardeepSingh]

i saw the same thing two weeks ago at the b'ham airport. i was both shocked and dissapointed. It showed all items that were kept from taken onboard planes. There was bout 200 pairs of scissors, about 10 or more normal sized kirpans and two or three 3 foot long kirpans. There was all sorts of other knives as well. I was going to ask my cousins in the UK to look into this. Glad your friend sorted this out, much respect goes to him.

[Taksali Singh]

Just a note for anyone travelling, in order to prevent beadbi to your kirpan, please make sure you have taken the unfortunate but necessary means of removing it from your body before flying out!

Im not a fan of telling/asking people to remove kakaars and I know that this wasnt said in a malicious way to force someone to remove their kakaar, however, i do believe there is an alternative.

As of yet I've not had to use it (with Guroo's Kirpaa) but... in the eventuality of the airport staff noticing my Kirpaan i keep a self-addressed "jiffy" bag in my hand luggage. If they notice my kirpaan i intend on putting it in the jiffy bag and asking them to post it. It's already got a stamp on so they cant complain about postage costs and that way i get my kirpaan back. Maybe we could use this as an alternative...?

(please note: I also keep an extra Kirpaan in my normal luggage, just incase one gets removed...)

just a thought....

[anjaan]

Just a note for anyone travelling, in order to prevent beadbi to your kirpan, please make sure you have taken the unfortunate but necessary means of removing it from your body before flying out!

Im not a fan of telling/asking people to remove kakaars and I know that this wasnt said in a malicious way to force someone to remove their kakaar, however, i do believe there is an alternative.

As of yet I've not had to use it (with Guroo's Kirpaa) but... in the eventuality of the airport staff noticing my Kirpaan i keep a self-addressed "jiffy" bag in my hand luggage. If they notice my kirpaan i intend on putting it in the jiffy bag and asking them to post it. It's already got a stamp on so they cant complain about postage costs and that way i get my kirpaan back. Maybe we could use this as an alternative...?

(please note: I also keep an extra Kirpaan in my normal luggage, just incase one gets removed...)

just a thought....

that is a great alternative!

i have not flown abroad yet since carrying my kirpan (last year) therefore was not sure whether like it goes "beep" as you walk through the security thingy! but ya if asked to remove it then your "jiffy" bag idea sounds good