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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 5:51 pm
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Originally Posted by DevilDog438
AFAIK, gun cases are not permitted inside of other luggage. I always thought gun cases used for transporting weapons as checked luggage are supposed to be hard-sided cases and checked with the airline as individual pieces of luggage.
I've had a weapon inside of a locked Pelican Case that was inside of my normal luggage. No problem at all.

As I recall, weapon's cases aren't the only thing that the TSA isn't allowed to search. I believe that they also cannot search a packed parachute that is checked in as luggage.
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