There's dumb, there's dumber and then there's Gatwick Airport Security

It is easy to dismiss the story of a woman prevented from taking a three-inch plastic gun attached to a model soldier onto a plane as an indication of the rampant stupidity of airport security goons, but it's more distasteful than that. It certainly shows a complete lack of common sense, but also an authoritarian mentality and a worship of rules which is sadly very prevalent in this country.

Hat tip: Infowars