Inconsistency of Air Travel with Firearms.....

[DonWorsham]

I had to buy an "approved" case with metal edges, but 90% plastic surface in order to fly to ohio with my limit of 5 guns.

Metal edges?? My old case is all plastic. I wonder if I can get past TSA now? This is madness. All designed to discourge us from traveling with firearms.

[Rob Pincus]

"designed" implies organization.... the problem is the lack of just that thing. Give me a clear set of rules or procedures and I'll follow them or manipulate them to my liking... but when one hourly employee or another gets to make crap up as they go along, it creates hassles.

-RJP

[tt11758]

By this time everyone on the plane knows that I am some redneck son of a bitch and wondering what kind of arsenal I have in the cargo hold.  Way to keep the public calm dude!

Anybody worried over the number of guns you have in the cargo hold would piss themselves if they saw your gun room!!  

[TAB]

So today, TSA at Houston told me that I couldn't fly with a metal case that I've been traveling with for over a decade. I had to buy an "approved" case with metal edges, but 90% plastic surface in order to fly to ohio with my limit of 5 guns. $85 for the crappy case and $100 for the "extra" piece of luggage.

Unreal.

-RJP

wtf. 

I would be real temped to mail my guns back to myself.(which is legal under federal law, states may differ)

[MikeBjerum]

Remember the days when you would show up without an apporved case, and they would "rent" you one for five or ten bucks?  They were really nice cases, and I didn't find out that everyone just kept them until after they quit the practice.  Sure wish I had a couple of them now.

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[fightingquaker13]

I really does seem like with amount hassels described, and extra baggage fees that just mailing them might be easier. Probably $25 dollars to an FFL to hold them and then whatever the UPS store wants to ship them and maybe a beter chance of them being there when you are.
Still a shame, it used to be so easy.
FQ13

[tombogan03884]

I love air planes but I will not fly Commercial ever again. I'll drive thumb or take a bus.

[TAB]

I really does seem like with amount hassels described, and extra baggage fees that just mailing them might be easier. Probably $25 dollars to an FFL to hold them and then whatever the UPS store wants to ship them and maybe a beter chance of them being there when you are.
Still a shame, it used to be so easy.
FQ13

with long guns its no big deal, you can ship them USPS.  now shiping a hand gun to a FFL, must go 3rd party  and overnight.  Oddly enough, you can ship a hand gun back to yourself, USPS.  now a FFL can ship a hand gun USPS to anyone.

Yeah I know, no logic there...

[fightingquaker13]

with long guns its no big deal, you can ship them USPS.  now shiping a hand gun to a FFL, must go 3rd party  and overnight.  Oddly enough, you can ship a hand gun back to yourself, USPS.  now a FFL can ship a hand gun USPS to anyone.

Yeah I know, no logic there...

Tab
I'm not sure this is true about handguns. I recently sent one off for repair, and one to a dealer for a trade. They both had to be sent to an ffl, but as you say diectly back to me on the repair. Neither dealer indicated that it had go through another dealer and they both didn't say anything about overnight. This might be a state law thing, but still necessary to be aware of. AAARGH! This should be easy!
FQ13

[Rob Pincus]

The mailing option just isn't practical when you are 3 places in one week... or more.

This trip is TX 4 days, Oh 3 days, LA 2 days, OH 2 days, OK 2 days, Home.... Unless I shipped different guns to each spot... and then repeated the same process every 2 weeks...

Luckily, I don't usually try to go through this hassle. This trip is a reminder of why I stopped trying to always travel with a gun.

-RJP