First bad experience checking guns....ever. DFW Airport TSA

[gigag04]

A few years ago they were making $36k/yr. cutbacks?

[urnoodle]

Thanks for posting the info! That will definitely meet my needs and I'll save over $100. I'm going to swing by Academy today to see if they have one in stock.

[The Annoyed Man]

I'll look at both these. If I can get something a little cheaper than a Pelican than I'll take a look. It may mean the left over $ can go to a box of ammo or 2. I'm going to look at that Pelican too. I like the durability of Pelican cases but they can get expensive.

I have this one from SKB, and it will hold a scoped 26" heavy barreled Remington 700 and a scoped heavy barreled AR10 SASS rifle, AND a couple of pistols if you pack them in right. MSRP is $330, but I actually paid about $200 for it at Bass Pro a few years ago. It has wheels at one end and a fold-down pull handle at the other.

[E.Marquez]

A few years ago they were making $36k/yr. cutbacks?

According to USAJOBS (federal job data base site)
Salary: $30,793.00 - $46,189.00 / Per Year

[Jim Beaux]

Outrageous behavior. I think I would have choked trying to contain myself. I would have got both names and wrote letters to the TSA kahuna; one commending the supervisor & the other blasting the thug. Bureaucrats deal with paper.

[steveincowtown]

The TSA clowns are at it again.

Checked for a flight yesterday and as always the AA counter people were great. The AA agent was an older lady and told me how much she loved shooting and eating venison.

I followed my gun case to the oversized TSA baggage drop. Officer asked for my keys and I politely informed him that was not the procedure at DFW. He insisted that he would be opening the case and I told him he would need to get a supervisor.

He called a supervisor and was told the correct procedure, which is to swab the outside and put it in the detector. No alarm=no reason to open the case.

Once he realized he was wrong his demeanor changed for authoritive to more passive.

How many procedures to these guys really need to know? A dozen, maybe 20? Why don't they know what is going on 90% of the time?

[Napier]

Methinks they want to know if is worth the risk to steal.

[steveincowtown]

Methinks they want to know if is worth the risk to steal.

Yup. Which is why I didn't want it opened. It had 6 guns in it that all would be hard to come by these days.

[VMI77]

TSA workers work for 11.00 per Hr. Most don't give a #2 about our stuff. Normally the lack of respect for others property takes affect behind our backs. It doesn't sound like a gun issue. Just ignorance.

No, it's an authority issue. A small minded person with an inflated ego had his authority challenged.

[C-dub]

He called a supervisor and was told the correct procedure, which is to swab the outside and put it in the detector. No alarm=no reason to open the case.

I'm curious about this. What exactly are they swabbing for that they would need to open the case? I mean, we know there's a gun in there and there could be ammunition, right? And the counter person already saw the contents, no?

[GratefulGirl59]

TSA workers work for 11.00 per Hr. Most don't give a #2 about our stuff. Normally the lack of respect for others property takes affect behind our backs. It doesn't sound like a gun issue. Just ignorance.

No, it's an authority issue. A small minded person with an inflated ego had his authority challenged.

[jmorris]

He called a supervisor and was told the correct procedure, which is to swab the outside and put it in the detector. No alarm=no reason to open the case.

I'm curious about this. What exactly are they swabbing for that they would need to open the case? I mean, we know there's a gun in there and there could be ammunition, right? And the counter person already saw the contents, no?

The swab is for explosives, which smells different to the machine than gunpowder. The counter person saw the firearm(s) but didn't actually search the case.

[C-dub]

He called a supervisor and was told the correct procedure, which is to swab the outside and put it in the detector. No alarm=no reason to open the case.

I'm curious about this. What exactly are they swabbing for that they would need to open the case? I mean, we know there's a gun in there and there could be ammunition, right? And the counter person already saw the contents, no?

The swab is for explosives, which smells different to the machine than gunpowder. The counter person saw the firearm(s) but didn't actually search the case.

That's what I figured they would be swabbing for, but didn't know how they would differentiate the gun powder from anything else by just swabbing. Thanks.

[steveincowtown]

He called a supervisor and was told the correct procedure, which is to swab the outside and put it in the detector. No alarm=no reason to open the case.

I'm curious about this. What exactly are they swabbing for that they would need to open the case? I mean, we know there's a gun in there and there could be ammunition, right? And the counter person already saw the contents, no?

The swab is for explosives, which smells different to the machine than gunpowder. The counter person saw the firearm(s) but didn't actually search the case.

That's what I figured they would be swabbing for, but didn't know how they would differentiate the gun powder from anything else by just swabbing. Thanks.

Others may have a different experience, but lately (as in past two years) I haven't had a ticket agent ask to look in my case or at any of its contents.

I usually just crack the case open wide enough to slide th Declaration Card in and the lock it up.