Just tape this sign to the outside of your suitcase.................
Good to know if you have the time and want to piss off a hundred people at once.
When getting back onto the plane, just say loudly, "It's ok, they just wanted to give me my gun back."
I’ve only had my bag searched once. In uniform, on my return flight (went to Camp Atterbury for two weeks to help with gear returning from deployment), the security decided that a deck of cards, some hdmi/ethernet cables, and a box of AAs was extremely suspicious. On my return flight.
From a global traveler - stickers on the hard case, sew in patches for the soft cases. Also recommend an airtag like device INSIDE the bag.
Back in the days, 1995 until 2001, when we traveled back and forth to L.V. frequently, we always shipped our luggage via FedEx, a few days before traveling out there...
It was always sitting there at the casino waiting for us...
When returning, the casino would arrange the FedEx shipment...
The only time we did differently, with our luggage was September 14, 2001, when we packed the luggage into the rental car we drove home back across the U.S.
We have never flown anywhere since...