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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - MONROE La. TSA stealing knives from checked luggage?

Posted: 2/10/2020 8:08:16 PM EDT

I was flying from Monroe, La back to Denver, Co yesterday, and packed my microtech in my checked baggage. It's now missing. Has anyone else had TSA help themselves to your belongings, knives in particular? Flying out of that airport is always the biggest shit show.:(

Posted: 2/10/2020 8:09:07 PM EDT

[#1]

I've had a Benchmade and Leatherman stolen.

Posted: 2/10/2020 8:10:09 PM EDT

[#2]

Damn what the fuck? Its checked luggage, why are they stealing that?

Posted: 2/10/2020 8:10:23 PM EDT

[#3]

File a theft report, a complaint with TSA and Twitter it.

Posted: 2/10/2020 8:12:32 PM EDT

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File a theft report, a complaint with TSA and Twitter it.

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Yup. All TSA screening areas are monitored by video so they'll be able to track down who did it if it was TSA.

Posted: 2/10/2020 8:14:33 PM EDT

[#5]

Thanks it's worth a try, but I am not holding my breath it will work.

Posted: 2/10/2020 8:15:48 PM EDT

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File a theft report, a complaint with TSA.

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Posted: 2/10/2020 8:19:16 PM EDT

[#7]

In Monroe? I'm surprised your luggage made it through at all.

Posted: 2/10/2020 8:22:14 PM EDT

[#8]

Actually, one year ago we left Durango, Co to fly into Lafayette, La and discovered TSA in Durango apparently needed my pocket knife and my wifes hairbrush out of our checked bags more than we needed them. Motherfuckers

Posted: 2/10/2020 8:38:04 PM EDT

[#9]

I've had a pocketknife stolen once, and a small box of ammunition stolen another time.

Posted: 2/10/2020 8:41:02 PM EDT

[#10]

I had a lint roller swiped from mine.

Didn’t dare to put my spyderco in there.

Posted: 2/10/2020 8:42:17 PM EDT

[#11]

ANYTHING IS SUBJECT TO BEING STOLEN IN NEW ORLEANS.

Don’t take anything to NOLA you want to keep.

Posted: 2/10/2020 8:44:29 PM EDT

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I've had a pocketknife stolen once, and a small box of ammunition stolen another time.

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the ammunition makes sense

not suppose to fly with loose ammo. it needs to be in a locked case with your gun.

Also I put my knives in my locked case with my checked gun.

Posted: 2/10/2020 8:46:20 PM EDT

[#13]

Get a lockable case (non tsa locks) and a cheap flare gun. Declare it as a firearm when you check it.

That is a trick used by photographers and videographers to make sure their expensive camera shit actually makes it.

Posted: 2/10/2020 8:46:27 PM EDT

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Damn what the fuck? Its checked luggage, why are they stealing that?

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Because they can.

Posted: 2/10/2020 8:58:58 PM EDT

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Get a lockable case (non tsa locks) and a cheap flare gun. Declare it as a firearm when you check it.

That is a trick used by photographers and videographers to make sure their expensive camera shit actually makes it.

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I don't understand.
Will you explain?

Posted: 2/10/2020 9:05:00 PM EDT

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Because they cannot open it without you and if they do bust the lock it has to be resecured by you or else it cannot fly.

If they want in, they'll page or call you.

Posted: 2/10/2020 9:06:23 PM EDT

[#17]

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the ammunition makes sense

not suppose to fly with loose ammo. it needs to be in a locked case with your gun.

Also I put my knives in my locked case with my checked gun.

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That's not true unless required by the carrier.

Posted: 2/10/2020 9:10:22 PM EDT

[#18]

My old boss had an airweight stolen by them or the luggage handlers.

Posted: 2/10/2020 9:17:22 PM EDT

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I was flying from Monroe, La back to Denver, Co yesterday, and packed my microtech in my checked baggage. It's now missing. Has anyone else had TSA help themselves to your belongings, knives in particular? Flying out of that airport is always the biggest shit show.:(

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It happens, old gf had a bag get “lost” for a day and turn up missing her expensive hair dryer. Everything else was as packed.

Posted: 2/10/2020 9:22:47 PM EDT

[#20]

The TSA steals. It is a job perk

Posted: 2/10/2020 9:29:28 PM EDT

[#21]

After losing a leatherman, I made a short steel cable with two loops. It goes through the knife frame and gets padlocked to the luggage frame.

Sure, they have the tools to cut it but I want it to be as hard as possible.

Posted: 2/10/2020 9:31:48 PM EDT

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After losing a leatherman, I made a short steel cable with two loops. It goes through the knife frame and gets padlocked to the luggage frame.

Sure, they have the tools to cut it but I want it to be as hard as possible.

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Holy shit this is brilliant. Definitely thinking this is going to happen if I am traveling with a pistol.

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