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I flew back to Houston tonite... At the little airport in Harlingen you have to take your checked luggage directly to the TSA where they put it through one of four scanners. Instead of going upstairs to the gates I decided to hang around and drink my bottle of water before going the security checkpoint. I watched my bag with my gun go through the scanner, and then observed the TSA employee take my bag and put it aside.

He then put on rubber gloves, and opened my suitcase. He removed my gun case, set it aside and then went through the rest of my suitcase. After he went through my dirty clothes and box of ammo, he placed the gun case back into my luggage and set it on it's way. When I picked up my bag in Houston there was a TSA sticker on it and the inspection letter on the inside.

I flew from Houston to Harlingen today. I had my handgun in a locked box in my suitcase. Told the ticket agent, just had to fill out a small form and place it in my suitcase. No TSA check. Very pleasant experience.