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TSA & locks on gun cases????
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novalty
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The last I read was NO TSA locks, to use a combination or keyed lock that only you have access to.
luangtom
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I would check with the airline being flown and with TSA. One never knows what the Gestapo agent at the security-line will have on the agenda that day one chooses to travel.
I have posted re: this very issue AS IT PERTAINS TO TRAVEL IN THE USA on several occasions. A general search or a search of my posts will find the threads.
TSA locks are permissible. That has been verified at many airports and in personal conversations with a TSA Special Agent and on-site TSA baggage inspectors.
I travel regularly in the US with a gun in my checked baggage. Though airport procedures vary a bit (in some airports you accompany your bag to the TSA inspection site; in others you do not) my gun is always in a hard-sided Samsonite suitcase with built-in TSA combination locks.
Just three weeks ago I was flying from PIT to CHA. At PIT you personally convey your suitcase from airline check-in to the TSA site. At CHA, the airline agent takes it to the conveyor that leads to TSA.
There was nary a problem(s) at either location. The same has held true as I have flown to/from these other cities, also, within the last couple years: Baltimore, Washington National, Charlotte, Hartford-Springfield, Orlando, Denver, San Francisco, Phoenix, Key West, Honolulu, and Kahului,
Be sure, however, to check with your airline carrier particularly if it's a non-US carrier and presume you have addressed all legality issues for your foreign destination.
Bon voyage.
Be safe.
TSA locks are permissible. That has been verified at many airports and in personal conversations with a TSA Special Agent and on-site TSA baggage inspectors.
I travel regularly in the US with a gun in my checked baggage. Though airport procedures vary a bit (in some airports you accompany your bag to the TSA inspection site; in others you do not) my gun is always in a hard-sided Samsonite suitcase with built-in TSA combination locks.
Just three weeks ago I was flying from PIT to CHA. At PIT you personally convey your suitcase from airline check-in to the TSA site. At CHA, the airline agent takes it to the conveyor that leads to TSA.
There was nary a problem(s) at either location. The same has held true as I have flown to/from these other cities, also, within the last couple years: Baltimore, Washington National, Charlotte, Hartford-Springfield, Orlando, Denver, San Francisco, Phoenix, Key West, Honolulu, and Kahului,
Be sure, however, to check with your airline carrier particularly if it's a non-US carrier and presume you have addressed all legality issues for your foreign destination.
Bon voyage.
Be safe.
