The handbag was xrayed at the airport and they never saw it.
There are hundreds of thousands of individuals who continue to be misinformed as to the reality of gun purchase in America, thanks to the mainstream media. When you “purchase” a firearm on the internet it is shipped from the seller direct to a federally licensed firearm retailer in your area. It is NOT shipped direct to you. When you arrive to claim the weapon you are then subjected to the three-day waiting period and the mandatory forms to be filled out and the mandatory background check. Firearms are NOT shipped direct to internet purchasers unless the purchaser itself is licensed by the federal government to receive such purchases. Many people ignorant of this actual purchase process continue to blame “easy internet access” as the cause of the recent movie theater massacre.