Posted on 01/17/2023 1:50:38 PM PST by BenLurkin
A bazooka-like weapon powerful enough to take down a military tank was seized from a passenger’s checked baggage in Texas because the traveler had failed to declare the weapon to authorities, the Transportation Security Administration said.
The firearm is similar to an M3 Carl Gustaf and can be legally owned in the Lone Star State, although it requires an extensive background check.
The TSA does allow guns on planes, but only if they are in checked bags. Any traveler with a firearm must also declare it to the airline when their luggage is handed over, TSA explained. Weapons must also be unloaded and in a hard-sided, secured case.
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Tanks fer nuttin.
“A bazooka-like weapon powerful enough to take down a military tank was seized from a passenger’s checked baggage in Texas because the traveler had failed to declare the weapon to authorities, the Transportation Security Administration said.”
I typically declare my bazookas when flying, at least on Southwest. Other airlines get a bit stuffy about bringing anti-tank weapons in luggage.
No light antitank weapons.
That’s the LAW!
“mm caliber” confuses me. Is that right?
Going prairie dog hunting, Texas style.
The tube is not an NFA weapon. The individual rockets would be. This is just silly drama.
I think I've read that 'caliber' is formally defined as 'hundredths of an inch', as in "45 caliber". If so, then "84mm caliber" would indeed be confusing (and incorrect ;^)...
Typical NY post hysterical reporting. As I understand it, it was demilitarized and as dangerous as a price of pipe. Was a demo piece for the annual Shot Show in Vegas.
“No light antitank weapons.
That’s the LAW!”
Leave now
In naval artillery parlance caliber is barrel length measured by the multiple of the projectile diameter. For example the USS New Jersey has 16 inch, 50 caliber cannons, meaning the barrels are 50X16 inches.
But that would make sense in this article.
I don’t know prairie dogs but I’ve seen some wild hogs down in Texas that I wouldn’t try to hunt with nothing Less!
Looks almost like a telescope…
Without the rockets, it is just as dangerous as a telescope.
When I fly, I always get stopped and searched for a hiding a bazooka in my pants.
Never arrested but got some amazing stares, though🤪
That's what I was going to say. This is just a fancy piece of pipe. The projectiles are what are legally regulated. Anyone can own the tube without government permission
Pretty sure it was just just the tube. Just a useless piece of pipe with sighting apparatus. It is NOT a firearm. Now, if a person had the rockets for it, different story.
No cartel sales today hunt for new mule.
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