All excellent advice.RoyGBiv wrote:Yes... According to http://www.handgunlaw.us" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; , ID honors a TX permit.
You can transport your gun and ammo in your CHECKED bag. You just need to follow the guidelines of the airline and TSA per the link above.
It's not a difficult process at all...
0. Read TSA and Airline rules. Read tips from fliers here.
1. Be sure to have a locking hard case that cannot easily be pried open
2. UNLOADED.!!!
3. Ammo stored in a closed box. I suggest using the original ammo box
3.5 Locked gun case and ammo inside luggage before you enter the terminal.
4. Check in at the counter and tell them you're checking a firearm
5. Fill out declaration card (date, name, sign)
6. Put card in bag with locked weapon
7. Take bag to TSA for special screening (counter agent will tell you location)
8. Have bag screened and TSA will take it from there.
9. Pick up at normal baggage claim at destination.
Here's a few threads from this forum..
http://texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php? ... 8&p=587327" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php? ... 6&p=583747" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=46127" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=43467" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I fly 20-30 times a year with my firearm and the only thing I would change here is #4.
"4. Check in at the counter and tell them you're checking a firearm"
For what it is worth I always just hand them my ID, and as they are typing I ask "May I have a Firearms Declaration Tag"?
This avoids anything you saying being misconstrued as "I have a gun". YMMV....