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<blockquote data-quote="BryanDP" data-source="post: 1544945" data-attributes="member: 1111">I&#039;ve now flown several times checking a gun. What I&#039;ve figured out is that there are subtle differences to the way they have you do it according to who is checking in your bags. Some places will ask you to open the gun and show you that it&#039;s unloaded. Others will take your word for it, but I&#039;m guessing it better be. Denver had a disturbingly unsecure way of &quot;verifying&quot; it by having a Skycap walk the bag through the unsecure are area to be checked by a TSA agent, then walk it back through the unsecure area to put it on a luggage conveyor belt. In New Orleans I had to actually open the case and show the agent that it was unloaded. It seemed really strange &quot;brandishing&quot; a weapon in public, especially an airport.One thing to watch:&nbsp; DO NOT let the airline agent send your bag down the conveyor belt without the &quot;unloaded&quot; declaration form in the bag. They&#039;ve tried to do this twice now with me. I&#039;m afraid it could have been a big legal mess for me if the gun had been found in the TSA screening process before going on the plane.Bryan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BryanDP, post: 1544945, member: 1111"] I've now flown several times checking a gun. What I've figured out is that there are subtle differences to the way they have you do it according to who is checking in your bags. Some places will ask you to open the gun and show you that it's unloaded. Others will take your word for it, but I'm guessing it better be. Denver had a disturbingly unsecure way of "verifying" it by having a Skycap walk the bag through the unsecure are area to be checked by a TSA agent, then walk it back through the unsecure area to put it on a luggage conveyor belt. In New Orleans I had to actually open the case and show the agent that it was unloaded. It seemed really strange "brandishing" a weapon in public, especially an airport. One thing to watch: DO NOT let the airline agent send your bag down the conveyor belt without the "unloaded" declaration form in the bag. They've tried to do this twice now with me. I'm afraid it could have been a big legal mess for me if the gun had been found in the TSA screening process before going on the plane. Bryan [/QUOTE]

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