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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
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Washington
Posted 3 y ago
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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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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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LTC Eugene Chu Duh... do they think there not going to be checked?
Nationwide, TSA officers detected 3,257 firearms on passengers or their carry-on bags at checkpoints last year, although the total number of passengers screened at airport checkpoints across the country fell by 500 million compared to 2019 due to the pandemic. The result was that twice as many firearms per million passengers screened were detected at checkpoints in 2020 compared to 2019. In 2020, TSA caught approximately 10 firearms per million passengers as compared to about five firearms per million passengers in 2019. Of the guns caught by TSA in 2020, about 83 percent were loaded.
Nationwide, TSA officers detected 3,257 firearms on passengers or their carry-on bags at checkpoints last year, although the total number of passengers screened at airport checkpoints across the country fell by 500 million compared to 2019 due to the pandemic. The result was that twice as many firearms per million passengers screened were detected at checkpoints in 2020 compared to 2019. In 2020, TSA caught approximately 10 firearms per million passengers as compared to about five firearms per million passengers in 2019. Of the guns caught by TSA in 2020, about 83 percent were loaded.
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SPC Kevin Ford
SGT (Join to see) That doesn’t surprise me. As I understand it the most common reason for catching guns at TSA checkpoints is that people who normally carry just forget they have it. I can totally sympathize with that. It is also my understanding that people who do tend to be conservative are more likely to carry and thus all things being equal are more likely to have a firearm on them going throughTSA. Also since COVID was politicized, conservatives were more likely to continue flying as normal, while others stopped flying.
In other words they people (in general) less likely to accidentally bring a firearm through a checkpoint are also the group that in general stopped flying, which would leave a flying population of people more likely to accidentally do it.
In other words they people (in general) less likely to accidentally bring a firearm through a checkpoint are also the group that in general stopped flying, which would leave a flying population of people more likely to accidentally do it.
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MAJ Ron Peery
SSG Edward Tilton - In states with CCL, a violation of this nature could result in revocation of the license. I'm not sure about Constitutional Carry states. Then, of course, there is already a possibility of prosecution. You sure you want to add another (useless) penalty?
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