A nipple is not a dangerous weapon

Several weeks ago I posted "Yet another TSA horror story." So this is yet still another horror story. A 37-yo Texas woman was trying to board an intrastate flight from Lubbock to Dallas, when a Transportation Security Administration's handheld wand detected her nipple rings. "The agent then called over her male colleagues, one of whom said she would have to remove the jewelry... she could not remove them and asked whether she could instead display her pierced breasts in private to the female agent. But several other male officers told her she could not board her flight until the jewelry was out... she could not remove it without the help of pliers, and the officer gave a pair to her... After nipple rings are inserted, the skin can often heal around the piercing, and the rings can be extremely difficult and painful to remove..."

And, in a final irony, "She was scanned again and was allowed to board even though she still was wearing a belly button ring..." Which, presumably, is not dangerous...for cryin' out loud...