What is the difference? Someone can walk into the terminal, including baggage claim, with a concealed gun. They don’t have to check any baggage.
I do not support guns being in carry on.
When I addressed this I had intended to only address luggage sent to the cargo hold.
Checked luggage meant something different to me than it did to others. That was my mistake.
I have been posting the same thought as you. The luggage claim area is accessible to any person from outside the airport.
In fact just last month that is where we met our 2 daughters arriving in Florida on flights, for Christmas holidays. I could have carried an arsenal of guns there if I was a bad actor, since that is not a secured area.
My whole point is, this whole issue about checking guns on flights is redundant. Just to be clear, I am 100% against passengers having guns in their carry on baggage. The checked bags are stored in the cargo area which is not accessible to anyone during the flight.