I can't defend anything that happens in any other terminals, but I can only talk about what happens at T4. PAPD is the only person who's authorized to check the conditions on guns...hell they use one so only they would really know if everything is proper with it. You are definitely right about it being done in a discrete location, in T4 we do it in the baggage pits where a passanger can't see it easily. Again I would just like to reiterate that I'm not saying that what you know, or gone through in the past w/ your firearm is right or wrong....I just know how things are done at JFK International Airport, Terminal 4. But you questioning the actions here and during the situation is absolutely the right thing.