Just don't fly.
Just not an option for a lot of people.
Just don't fly.
If you travel by air and transport guns then you're willing to put up with all this. Or not. Deliberately giving up your rights and then also being taken advantage of seems to be the antithesis of defending the 2A.
"Those who give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety." Which is exactly what is happening.
tirod said:There is no happy and joyful defense of this Act - and making apologetics for is something that needs to be called into account. There was a time when the citizens of America were free to purchase a short barreled machine gun with suppressor and have it literally mailed to their home no questions asked other than will the check clear.
What have we allowed to be taken from us? Our freedom.
tirod said:I spent 22 years in the Army Reserves, Infantry Ordnance Military Police, and served as a Military Police officer when deployed. But - when I applied for a CCW, my training was not recognized by the State, I was required to attend a class and also shoot to demonstrate proficiency.
tirod said:You are considered guilty until proven innocent, same as the entire CCW permit system. As long as people cooperate with it then it will remain an imposition. You don't have to protest or yell slogans or march around with the cameras focusing on your tiny group to make it appear as if thousands showed up -
Just don't fly.
...my only confusion is the kind of lock to put on the gun case- tsa or not. i put both on, none of checkin agents could give me a definitive answer.
Firearms must be unloaded and locked in a hard-sided container and transported as checked baggage only. Only the passenger should retain the key or combination to the lock.
i just returned from 5 week armed stay in las vegas. outbound on delta, return on aa. first time with a male (aa, at las) checkin agent, he had me open the locked gun case to see the two guns (ruger sr22 and bond arms derringer). the women agents never did so. it must have been a "guy thing." my only confusion is the kind of lock to put on the gun case- tsa or not. i put both on, none of checkin agents could give me a definitive answer. as long as im legal in the states where my airports are located (an issue in the northeast) i will never go unarmed and helpless again.
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i will never go unarmed and helpless again
Airport good place to attack .No real security and unarmed passengers.
I smile a lot and do whatever they ask if it's reasonable and within written regulations of which I carry copies.
Pardon?
Several years ago, I took a flight out of LAX on Southwest Airlines. The line to the metal detectors extended, without exaggeration, a hundred yards outside the building.
Have a group of terrorists inside the building and on the sidewalk and there's NO security to overcome. The whole thing would be over before the police could respond.
Like anyone else in that line with a gun, my firearm was locked in my luggage in accordance with TSA regulations.
Have you ever been outdoors at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)?
In keeping with what this thread is about, of the dozens of airports I've walked in and out of, LAX's process for handling guns for flights is one of the easiest.
Sioux City (SUX) loves to run explosives test swabs on everything carried in. Miami was so bad I stopped having it on my itinerary and fly into West Palm Beach to drive down. Only had one instance where my luggage holding my gun was delayed. The confused agent at Miami International caused that. Thought it was lost after waiting for hours for it to arrive.
Most other airports are middle of the road and the whole process in unremarkable.
Jimster
Should I use two padlocks on the case?