>>96283703Some items require licensure or other approval to import into the US, usually because the items are hazardous/dangerous when handled improperly (such as batteries or caustic chemicals) or pose a basic explosion risk (compressed containers of any kind), but others are due to import bans
namely anything from Russia/Belarus/Cuba/Venezuela or ammunition, rifles and handguns from China or with wood sourced from Vietnam or protectionist policies.
Others are just the TSA playing security theater at airports saying "no, you can't bring toothpaste on your flight" to play the psychological war game with passengers so they don't lose trust in the system because if they do, the US goes into another recession via how much federal income is derived from (and tied up in via subsidies) airlines.
If Mercy were to drive to the US border and try to cross, there is a much smaller list of banned items, most of which are due to FDA regulations, contaminated produce concerns (like "x country uses y banned pesticide") or 100+ year old protectionist laws.
Until that stream, we won't know what specific items she's planning on playing with
other than my penis, but knowing my wife it's probably some harmless things (like a camp stove because butane is flammable and compressed) that aren't able to be imported by the layman without an import approval.
