The details of the list look right to me. But it is easier to just walk into the airport and start shooting than go up to the counter. It is all unsecured anyway. I think that this is done rarely (only one I can think of) because it just doesn't get a high enough body count or scare people enough. I think Americans are immune enough to shootings like this that it really doesn't produce the terror response any more.SlowDave wrote:I can never figure the procedure for taking a firearm on an airplane. As I understand it, the official position for a long gun is:Weird part about this is if someone wanted to shoot up an airport, this is the perfect procedure for them. Walk in with a hard-side, lockable gun case with loaded firearm and when asked to pull it out and show it's empty, pull it out and empty it.
- Take gun to ticket counter in unlocked, hard-sided, lockable rifle case.
- Inform ticket agent that you are checking a firearm.
- If requested (always are in my experience), remove firearm and show that it is unloaded.
- Place firearm back in case, lock case, and give to luggage checking people.
Has no one thought about this and figured maybe they should change the procedure?
Or am I crazy?
p.s. what am I doing wrong on the list thing?
I think what you did wrong on the list is put the equals sign in the first bracket. This is how it looks with just the list command in the brackets:
- Take gun to ticket counter in unlocked, hard-sided, lockable rifle case.
- Inform ticket agent that you are checking a firearm.
- If requested (always are in my experience), remove firearm and show that it is unloaded.
- Place firearm back in case, lock case, and give to luggage checking people.