Garys
NES Member
No one at the airline check in counter cares what you have as long as you declare it. I always hand them my driver's license and tell them up front I need an orange card. Since the firearm is in the locked box inside the suitcase all they do is have me fill in the card and sign it, then they tape the card to the outside of the case. It's been years since anyone asked me to actually open the case and that was TSA when one of their detectors falsely alerted on something in my bag.
For a long gun in a case that is not inside a suitcase, the orange card goes inside.
The one time I thought I might have contact with a trooper was when one of the airlines decided that my luggage with a firearm inside had to go to their baggage office, not on the conveyer. There was a statie in the baggage office, but he was just chatting up the pretty young woman working there. He didn't even glance at me. Not that I blame, she was pretty cute.
Woodstock has it right. Print out the TSA rules and the airlines contract of carry section on firearms. Jet Blue requires the firearm and ammunition to be in separate suitcases. The ammunition doesn't have to be declared, but it has to be in checked baggage.
Magazines can be loaded, but they can not be in the locked case with the firearm. Of course if no one bothers to open the case it doesn't matter.
For a long gun in a case that is not inside a suitcase, the orange card goes inside.
The one time I thought I might have contact with a trooper was when one of the airlines decided that my luggage with a firearm inside had to go to their baggage office, not on the conveyer. There was a statie in the baggage office, but he was just chatting up the pretty young woman working there. He didn't even glance at me. Not that I blame, she was pretty cute.
Woodstock has it right. Print out the TSA rules and the airlines contract of carry section on firearms. Jet Blue requires the firearm and ammunition to be in separate suitcases. The ammunition doesn't have to be declared, but it has to be in checked baggage.
Magazines can be loaded, but they can not be in the locked case with the firearm. Of course if no one bothers to open the case it doesn't matter.
Ditto the above by Mesatchornug. Look up the TSA rules and your particular airline's rules for "Flying with Firearms". Print them both out, keep them in your pocket to answer any BS rules that a gate agent might decide to think up. You'll be fine.
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