Not true. The orange card is signed and goes inside the case. My brother and I have transported to and from Vegas several times over the course of the year and the card is ALWAYS inside the box, admittedly it is a case for guns alone. Nothing on the outside other than locks to denote it is a handgun. TSA will inspect it to be sure it is unloaded and that any ammunition is stored correctly. You are the only one with the key and they have you lock it once they clear it and you have the card signed. Unless you are unfortunate the gun case will need to be claimed at their baggage claim office and should not come out with the rest of the baggage.MasterOfNone wrote: Small correction. The card is to be outside the box to tell TSA why you have a locked container in your baggage and that they are not to open it.
The couple of times I transported just one handgun and locked it inside my suitcase the card was outside the gun case, but inside the suitcase.
It actually is an easy process, but leave an extra 15 minutes for it in case TSA is slow to respond and inspect it.