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Looking at the meme about the Turkish Olympian, came a question. How do you bring weapon through borders ?

Sure for Olympian, it's not a big deal, you may negotiate a "diplomatic suitcase" or have federation staff managing all the paperwork. But what about an amateur sport-shooter who want to travel to an event abroad. I imagine you can't bring a gun to a plane, Do they just put them in the car and hope that nobody will check ? Do paperwork month in advance ?

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Firearms are special and you don't use TSA locks with them.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And the TSA is not supposed to open them. Shit gets stolen like that and the ATF gets really really pissed.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

While true, it definitely depends on your particular TSA team. I have flown multiple times with firearms within the US, and normally TSA follows their own rules pretty well. However, I have had TSA DEMAND my key so they could open the case outside of my presence. When I protested and gave them the handout of their own procedures, the guy said "you can give me the key, or you don't get on your flight."

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

When I protested and gave them the handout of their own procedures, the guy said “you can give me the key, or you don’t get on your flight.”

They did that to me once and when the Agent showed up at my gate with that line I replied that I was happy to tag along back to the case and open it for them. The Agent took me the back way through the service halls to their area where I opened my case and they did their inspection, then they brought me back to the gate through the service halls.

The agent wasn't happy about it but I stayed cool with 'em and they made it work.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

I offered to do the same and was literally scoffed at, then reprimanded for my audacity. It was a really fucking shitty experience.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Yea TSA can be a bunch of dicks.