What to Say to Strangers about Your Rifle Case?

[Dr Rockso]

Sex toys. They make you check the really big ones.

[Ding126]

As they say in England, " pi$$ off " ...seriously tell them its a bass..you don't play your just transporting...or There tools

[PowderBurn1]

"I've got a case full of candy if you've got a van"

Sig material right there thanks.

[ir0nclash86]

"Just my personal belongings." That's all they need to know. I don't care if I'm rude to nosy people. They should mind their own business about what's in your sealed cases. You could just lie and say golf clubs or fishing poles. I'm pretty sure if you asked somebody else like a pretty girl what's in her bag that she will just ignore you and give you a weird look.

[dieselpower]

In a normal tone of voice, "My firearms. A couple high power rifles and a few handguns." I then explain the laws on traveling with firearms to them if they want.

Hiding in the dark about who we are and what we do is how we got ourselves in to this mess.

[Pugster]

1) You could just tell them it's sensitive calibration equipment from work

2) Or from the movie Desperado, you could say "No es una guitarra, es un estucho de armos" :P

[maddoggie13]

I use a hard apple laptop case for my mac-10 with a large apple sticker...

[BC9696]

"What's in that big case?"

"A Pērkonstat. It's named after the God of Lightning. It's a pnuematic hydrostat renditioning unit with dual basemodes for quantifying electrical discharges outside aircraft...primarily used aboard airliners that frequently travel through highly charged thunderstorm areas. "

"Huh...what's it do exactly?"

"It measures and records the kilowatts of electricity traveling around and through the aircraft and is designed to withstand over a billion volts of energy. Lightning strikes that would fry the electronics and everything else on board can't hurt this baby. Did you know lightning claims more victims each year than do snowstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes? True story. Getting truer every year. They lost 55 planes (mostly private jets) in the air last year to thunderheads. At MIT we nicknamed the research project FRYING THE FRIENDLY SKIES. "

I am so full of you-know-what. Every good lie begins with enough seemingly realistic facts and big words to be believable...as proven by the current President.

[POLICESTATE]

Q: "Hey what's in that big case?"

A: "GUNS!"

[dantodd]

I use a hard apple laptop case for my mac-10 with a large apple sticker...

Well it was just your Mac.

[Dreaded Claymore]

Sybian. Would you like a ride?

Win!

[383green]

"It's a portal to Hell."

[cmichini]

The weird look and silence is what I'd give them.

If I felt snarky (and if it's a gal or a guy with his wife) point at the ladies shirt and ask 'what's in there'?

I've always been told, turn about is fair play.

Who knows you might get a show.

[lear60man]

Inflate-A-Mate. I fill her with helium and play hard to get.

[CSACANNONEER]

DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS! - Didn't your parents teach you about "stranger danger"?

It's a secret.

It's like a golf club. It helps me put a small object into a little hole a long distance off.

Um, what's in YOUR bag?

Skis for my pet midget.

A devise which expels a projectile by means of expanding gases.

Sorry, I just came up with the "Skis for my pet midget" and can't keep a straight face.

I'm off to LAX in a few hours to pick up my wife. If I see someone with a case, I'll ask them.

I daren't try that.

What if a soccer mom goes ballistic and causes a scene?

If she causes a scene, she'll probably end up being detained and missing her flight.