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You want to go where?
This actually isn't a bad suggestion. If there was a way to easily require that no one be allowed to pick up a gun without a verification that they were, at that moment, sober and sane, I would support it. Of course, there isn't, but in this particular situation, there is, so why not apply it?
So this guy picks up his bag with checked weapon at the baggage office. How does that change what happens next? The person still has immediate access to the weapon.
Most airports I've been in has baggage offices co-located at baggage claim areas anyhow.