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Old May 9, 2008 | 7:12 am
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Originally Posted by goalie
the tsa thinks i would give them the combination? are they f*cking nutz (no comments please ). there is no way on goddess' green earth* that i would give them the combination so that my firearm would magically disappear before i rec'd my checked luggage at my destination. if i had to use a combination lock, i would open the lock in front of them (but hiding the combination similar to my pin at an atm). if they asked for the combination, i would tell them the above reason why i won't and this i would escalate as far as i could and yes, this would be an instance where i would not fly if i had to even remotely give the the tsa the smallest "out" to steal (and of all things a firearm)
FWIW, one of our resident TSOs here has stated that they are supposed to inspect the guns in your presence (see the end of this thread). That doesn't mean that they will, but they are apparently supposed to.
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