Originally Posted by
HSVTSO Dean
This is
49 CFR 1540.111.
This is the pertinent part of that CFR. I bolded the exact line that's important:
When it comes to
TSA-Approved locks, the passenger is not the only one who "retains a key" to open it, as outlined in 49 CFR 1540.111.
Obviously. That's the whole
point of the TSA-Approved lock in the first place. The end result, however, is that TSA-Approved locks will not be acceptable for securing the hard-sided locked cases containing unloaded firearms in checked baggage.
Furthermore, according to the
TSA Sanction Guide:
Since having a TSA-Approved lock on one's checked baggage securing their firearms would be considered to be not properly packaged, then one could very possibly
also face a fine of $500-$1000 for having done so. I doubt it would ever happen, but, if just taking exactly what I read at face value, that could very well be the case.
Irony, meet fail. Fail, meet irony.
Must type fast. Head is about to explode. Cannot compute.
So declare a gun, TSA can't open the luggage for inspection, does it fly or does it get yanked from the luggage? What if you declare a gun so as to have secure luggage and have no gun in that luggage? Does that fall under another obscure paragraph that causes another forfeiture of $$$$?
Dean, does anyone writing the rules ever bother to talk to anyone else about the rules before the rules get implemented? I mean in cases like this a sanity check would be great.