The last time I had to travel, it was to a city about 500 miles away.
Others flew. I drove. I had my Sig 9mm on my hip the whole time. No body searches, no waiting in line, no crappy airline food, no sitting on the tarmac for hours while some bureaucrat whacks off.
The only harassment I got was getting pulled over for speeding. The state trooper didn't even care that I was armed. Quite a contrast to the crap at the airports.
This is exactly why the wife and I are driving to CA this year.1189 miles door to door. It should take us about 21 hrs if I pretend I am Burt Renolds in "Cannonball Run"
I will not submit to these kind of searches. It's not so bad to drive cross-country, you can get pretty much anywhere in 2 days. I'd take greyhound before I'd accept being treated the way they're treating Americans in airports.