Posted on Jul 14, 2021
TSA Has Caught Three Guns and a Knife So Far Today at DCA
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"The TSA says firearms caught at DCA checkpoints for (January - July) 2021 have now surpassed those for all of 2019."
TSA Has Caught Three Guns and a Knife So Far Today at DCA
Posted from arlnow.com
Security
Weapons
Travel
Washington
Posted >1 y ago
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Everyone has apparently forgot all those things we do before we fly. No knives, no guns, no pot (for those that live where it is legal).
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"Firearms must be unloaded, packed in a hard-sided case, locked, and packed separately from ammunition. Then the locked case should be taken to the airline check-in counter to be declared."
I locked and sealed my 4-gun pistol case while traveling under orders to a pistol match. When I declared the firearms, the clerk told me I would have to open the case (destroying my seals) and show him the guns were unloaded. All this display of weapons to be done in the middle of EWR airport.
I tried to conceal the display of weapons, fearing someone would scream "HE's GOT A GUN!" and I'd wind up shot by some rooky cop. As it worked out, the clerk was satisfied when I showed him that one pistol was unloaded, and he assumed the rest were also unloaded.
P S -- I followed my coach's advice and demanded the red tag "CONTAINS FIREARM" was placed inside the case, not on the outside for every baggage thief in the world to see.
I locked and sealed my 4-gun pistol case while traveling under orders to a pistol match. When I declared the firearms, the clerk told me I would have to open the case (destroying my seals) and show him the guns were unloaded. All this display of weapons to be done in the middle of EWR airport.
I tried to conceal the display of weapons, fearing someone would scream "HE's GOT A GUN!" and I'd wind up shot by some rooky cop. As it worked out, the clerk was satisfied when I showed him that one pistol was unloaded, and he assumed the rest were also unloaded.
P S -- I followed my coach's advice and demanded the red tag "CONTAINS FIREARM" was placed inside the case, not on the outside for every baggage thief in the world to see.
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SPC Kevin Ford
CW3 Harvey K. I've flown with a firearm too. It was low stress and easy. One thing I've read is if you are unexpectedly delayed in NY when you just expected a layover, whatever you do, do not take possession of your bags.
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CW3 Harvey K.
SPC Kevin Ford - Yep. NY and especially NYC, has "rules, lots of rules. And if anybody breaks them ...". Of course that stringent enforcement is only for the law-abiding. Criminals get to plea-bargain away any gun-law violations.
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