I’ve transported a handgun in checked baggage. My CCW was valid on both ends of the trip. Gun has to be unloaded in locked case in one bag, and ammo in separate bag. Did it many times.
I fly all the time with 2 firearms checked. Ammo in the same bag separate locked container. Both cable locked to the internal frame of my locked hard case luggage. TSA has only once called me aside after security to come watch them open my bag which once its tagged “fragile” they know it’s carrying firearms. on the receiving end it come up the bag chute like every other bag. most states don’t ban chl carry in the unsecured portion of terminal buildings which baggage claim is outside the fed tsa area. Florida does make the entire building a gun free zone with the predictable outcomes.in states where my chl lets me carry inside I arm up in the bathroom and carry out from there into the rental car area and every else allowed in that state.
I leave San Fransicko International Airport, SFO, and get TSA hands all over the inside of my luggage when I’m traveling with a firearm to Las Vegas McCarran International Airport. Traveling back to SFO through McCarran, I only get the stub of the firearms declaration form and a hearty “Bon Voyage!”
I have transported numerous times as well.
What I foresee coming down the road after this is hunting weapons being shipped via Something similar to a FFL transfer. Added cost for the good guys.
BOHICA
What if your flight begins and ends in states allowing you to own weapons - but you fly over NYC, Chicago, Washington, DC, Maryland or NJ?
Seems you are breaking their laws - and they can legally be where you land to arrest you - for possessing a weapon in their communist state.....
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