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I was detained in Seattle for having one .45 round in bottom of my carry on.. for two hours. Missed flight . They acted like I was a full blown terrorist
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I was going through security in Chattanooga and got pulled aside when the X-ray machine saw a loaded magazine in my carry-on backpack.
They took me into a room and I had to sign a document. The TSA officer told me they probably couldn't retrieve my checked bag in time to let me secure the mag. I told them to keep it, and I made the plane.
Overall I think they did their best to help me make my flight. Since then I always put a checklist in the hard case when I fly with a checked firearm.
In another case I was flagged in O'Hare (probably because I'd declared a gun in my checked bag) and they put me in a room where three angry men sat me down and disassembled my bags, cavity searched me (not really, but it was a thorough pat-down) and scanned the bags with explosives detectors, making sure that if I moved during the process bad things would happen. It took an hour, and I missed my flight. They didn't give a rat's ass.
I guess it all depends on where you are, and who you're dealing with.