Posted on 07/15/2004 12:04:45 PM PDT by 10mm
Flying to New Orleans, LA from Fort Lauderdale, FL. LA and FL have reciprocity so I can carry while I'm there.
Get to Ft. Lauderdale airport early in the morning. Go up to Skycap and inform him that I'm declaring firearms in my checked baggage and tip him 5 bucks. He says to follow him inside since this has to be handled at the customer service counter. We proceed past about 40 people to the front of the line, saving me from at least a 1-hour wait!
Tell the agent behind the counter that I'm declaring firearms. She has me open the luggage and the locked firearms case to demonstrate they are unloaded. I clear my Glock 22, Glock 29 and Kel-Tec P32 for her. Ammo for said firearms is also inside in a hard plastic ammo case.
She fills out a tag and places it in the case. I close and lock the case, and zip up the luggage. She checks the baggage in. That's it.
The flight back from New Orleans was exactly the same. Tipped the Skycap 5 bucks and he marches me to the front of a very long line at customer service. Ran through the same drill. Same outcome. Extremely satisfied with SouthWest Airlines.
Moral of the story: The quickest way through an airport is to bring a gun!
...and 5 bucks.
That's a sweet story.
"...Glock 22, Glock 29 and Kel-Tec P32 for her...and anmmo...."
OMG! You're lucky a reporter didn't see you. HEADLINE: Man Gets Arsenal onto Airplane."
My boss just flew back to Philly from OH last weekend. His flight was canceled and so he had to get a one-way ticket back on a different airline. Maybe it was the one-way ticket that triggered a very close check. They went through his wallet and wanted an explanation of his gun permit (which he did not have on him at the time). He patiently explained that some places in the US still acknowledges the 2nd amendment. It was quite a thorough search and he was still seething on Monday morning.
Yea, these stories always bring a tear to my eyes too.
So with a $5 bill and an empty gun case, we can avoid long lines at the airport?
Cleared the weapon and CS asked me if that was an awfully large bullet referring to the magazine, had to give an improvised class on firearms, and difference between magazines and rounds.
Sad state of affairs, all that time watching TV and not a thing absorbed.
The definition of a drinking problem...2 hands but only 1 mouth.
The definition of a firearms problem...3 guns but only 2 hands.
Kept waiting for the downside to the story. Guess there wasn't one. Always happy to hear good news for a change.
That sounds a lot more effective than my way: get at the back of the line and yell "I have a gun and I demand to go to front of the line!"
bang
Those 10mm Glocks would play hell with the nutra down there in LA.
How do you like the P35? My wife saw one once, wanted it, but eventually decided she didn't. But it caught my eye.
That was worth a big " :) "
' ...and 5 bucks."
You, sir, have done this Freeper a great service!
My sincere thanks.
Hell, I just might fly again, before I die. ;)
It's been 100% reliable. Kel-Tec seems to have worked out any bugs. If you get one with a serial # greater than 100,000, it'll have all the mods/upgrades that Kel-Tec introduced. The lifetime warranty is also a big plus.
Any feed ramp work or other gunsmithing that would let it shoot JHPs?
I fly with handguns quite a lot. I've never had the slightest problem.
Thanks for the info.
"...Glock 22, Glock 29 and Kel-Tec P32 for her...and anmmo...."
Sweet...
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