Traveling w/ a Garand, the horror!

[NeoWeird]

I am still confused as to how EVERYONE would know it was a firearm.

I mean, assuming it came down the lane and was with all the other lugage, what's to differentiate it from any other hard/soft case? Most people don't know firearms enough to know one company from another, or the difference between a firearm's hard case and any other type of hard case. Even then, most people who knew what it was would just see it and think to themselves "that's a gun" and they wouldn't do anything different; I'd imagine only the antis (who know very little about guns) to act all "zomg gunz!!1!1" if they saw it. So unless it said "RIFLE" or something like that I just don't get it.

I saw an interesting thing on arf a long while ago. A guy traveled alot and didn't like the idea of someone who knew firearms to see his firearms case and grab it knowing what it was. So he got one of those hard yellow cases for emergency equipment for boats, RVs, etc. You know those bright yellow cube boxes for easy identification. He got a foam insert and cut out sections for his handguns and just locked it up. Most people who see it just assume it's emergency equipment for a camping trip or something and leave it alone; plus the bright color makes thieves nervous as the color is easy to see, and the description of a missing bright yellow box is quite unique and something they would just stop anyone with to check. It was actually a pretty cool idea.

[Aluisious]

When you are disembarking from plane, GET THE F*** OFF THE PLANE ASAP

This made my day. Reminds me of my beloved DS.

I had a laugh too at the guy pointing at the rear sight and saying he knew it wasn't loaded. I'm waiting for a guy like that to shoot himself. I don't trust my own guns aren't loaded until I've looked into the chamber twice and stuck a finger in there, just to make sure I'm not an idiot at that particular moment.

I thought about travelling with a handgun once or twice but concluded it's probably not worth the drama.

[MysteryCereal]

He says, no. He points to the rear sight and states he can tell the weapon isn't loaded.

Ouch, hurts when a fellow TSA employee is so dimwitted. Sorry you had a bad experience.

[bg]

He loved it. When he opened up the case and realized what it was, he lit up like a christmass tree. He seriously just sat in his recliner and looked at it, from every angle possible for at least half an hour. We took it to the range the next day, and she did just fine. There are a few things he is going to want to take her to a gunsmith about. The trigger pull is terrible and a new barrel wouldn't hurt either. I would say I made son of the year in his eyes.

*edit* grammar is not my forte

Very cool !