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.