That is correct. Declared unloaded firearms must be in checked baggage per federal law. The only persons who can carry firearms onboard a plane are pilots cleared by TSA and their employer to do so and certified LEOs carrying on official business.So after your brief encounter with the TSA people, your "hardcase" is then placed on the conveyor and handeled as check-in luggage? If I understand this right, you can not do a "carry-on..is this correct?
That is correct. Declared unloaded firearms must be in checked baggage per federal law. The only persons who can carry firearms onboard a plane are pilots cleared by TSA and their employer to do so and certified LEOs carrying on official business.
Best practice is to have your hard side firearm case inside your checked luggage so it will not draw attention. I did see a padlocked hard side case come out of the baggage claim in Louisville and when I returned home to Vegas. That's a bad practice because a locked hard side case on the baggage claim carousel screams gun and invites theft.
A normal piece of luggage secured with a TSA lock with your locked hard side firearm case does not scream gun to the world.
I would avoid using those airlines since they are putting your firearms at a much greater risk for being stolen by this practice. The airlines I have used do not have this requirement. They unfortunately do exist.Keep in mind that some airlines do not allow you to place a firearms case in another piece of luggage.
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Last I flew the bags were red tagged now that may have changed, but it was very obvious which ones had a gun in the bag ... Delta
I have never done it... but for what it is worth..., the attorney at my ccw training said that, with compliance of all of the rules, Unloaded, Locked, Cased, Seperated from Ammo, etc... a TSA officer will personnaly escort your bag to the plane and watch it get stowed. At ther other end another TSA officer will personally deliver the bag to you. No more lost luggage.
LAS (McCarran Las Vegas) to HOU (Houston Hobby) and back.
The only firearm related issue I had was the Southwest ticket agent had me fill out a firearm declaration card for each firearm. I brought three this last trip.
I was in Texas, you can't tell me that this ticket agent hasn't checked multiple firearms before. :no:They do that sometimes, not realizing that the declaration covers all firearms in the same case. I was traveling on Hawaiian Airlines once and had 5 firearms in my rifle case (1 rifle, 1 shotgun and 3 pistols). The lady at the ticket counter had me fill out a tag for each firearm and identify the type of firearm on each tag. There wasn't an area to specify the make/model of the firearm on the tag, so the lady used a ruler and created a space. Not wanting to argue with the lady, I complied. I just finished the last firearms tag when her supervisor came by and informed her that only one tag per case was necessary and I wasn't required to specify the make/model of the firearm on the tag. :haha:
As I hate flying (and not because I'm afraid of flying - I jump out of perfectly good airplanes for sport), I would never, ever check one of my guns with the airline. Even if the TSA agent took me with him and let me watch him load the bag into the hold. I do not trust the airlines with my bags, and I do not trust TSA as far as I could throw them. I see at least one of you is familiar with Orlando International, where they had drug runners working with the baggage handlers.
I try very hard not to fly anywhere - I'll drive first. But if I must, I pack everything into a single carry-on and would STILL rather spit on a TSA agent as look at one. If I have to fly, my gun is staying home. I'll take my chances.
If your NY permit is valid, you shouldn't have an issue. Keep in mind that there is precedence of travelers not having a valid NY permit being arrested for possession without a permit.:help: I see many questions about traveling with a firearm and hoping someone might know the specifics of what I am looking for without having to research site after site to get an answer!!!
I am originally from New York and have moved to Texas. I do still have a pistol permit from the state of New York and also have a concealed permit for the state of Texas. I am having to fly back to New York first thing in the morning to attend a friends son's funeral and would like to take my pistol with me (don't like to go any where without it). We are flying Delta from Dallas to Atlanta then to Rochester. According to Delta's web site all the basic TSA rules apply for checking the pistol through with our luggage, so that is not a problem. What I am unable to find is a difenitive answer on is, am I allowed to carry the pistol into the state of New York and then re-check it back in my luggage to Texas? I sure hate to get the gun to New York and then them not allow me to check it back through to Texas. Any help on this issue would be greatly appreciated.........
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