TomsTXCHL wrote:I don't understand how you can easily do that in a crowded airport with people all around you--I mean, just the act of setting the bag somewhere and opening it up is unusual and would get others' attentions???Jumping Frog wrote:Almost every time I fly United, I am asked to show the ticket agent my handgun is unloaded. I quietly and discreetly do so.jimlongley wrote:We were ALSO not authorized to check whether a firearm was unloaded at the ticket counter, that was up to the ticket agents and airline employees and if the airline wants you to demonstrate that the firearm is unloaded, they have the right to do so, and if you refuse, they also have the right to deny you the flight.
Not really. I just returned to Texas from Georgia. I had to open my bag at the ticket counter at both airports. People are so wrapped up in their own little worlds, cell phones, and rush to the gates that they don't notice anything.
At CRP Southwest only asked me to open my luggage so they could place the declared firearm tag on the firearm case. Then TSA just ran it through xray and sentnme on my way.
At ATL (what a miserable airport) I followed the same process with Air Trans; however, TSA opened my bag and swabbed it for explosives. Still no big deal.
I have flown with a handgun several times. It never is a big deal, really.