Posted: 2/21/2015 9:37:07 PM EDT
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Sorry to ask I know it's been asked in the past.
What's the basic procedures when it comes to flying with a gun out of Heartsfield? I need to make an unplanned trip to AZ next month and will be driving a moving van back. I really don't want to cross the country unarmed. Thanks! |
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Gun has to be checked. It's pain in the ass...i've done it once. http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_US/traveling-with-us/baggage/before-your-trip/special-items.html Quoted:
Gun has to be checked. It's pain in the ass...i've done it once. http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_US/traveling-with-us/baggage/before-your-trip/special-items.html It's not a pain at all. Maybe the first 50 times. But after that it's easy. 
Simple answer- put it in a locked case in your checked baggage. Tell the person at baggage you need to declare a firearm. Sign a form, take it to oversized baggage and let TSA hit it with a baby wipe and you're good. Quoted:
Aaahhh.........I do it every day.......easy as hell! No one likes a show off.
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This is copy and pasted from an email that Cop buddy sent me. Hope i helps
During my entire law enforcement career I have never traveled with a firearm on a commercial aircraft. I mistakenly thought that after 911 it would be too much trouble for anyone to travel with a firearm if not on "official police business". My wife and I recently flew from Atlanta to Denver on AirTran and then traveled by car through Colorado, South Dakota and Wyoming. Since we would be traveling through many isolated and desolate areas I decided, for the first time, to travel with my personal firearm. I read the TSA regulations on traveling with a firearm on an aircraft and found it to be pretty straight forward. The TSA regulations apply to everyone equally whether you are a police officer or a civilian. Obviously, the firearm goes in your checked bag, not your carry-on, and this is all that is required: 1). The firearm must be placed (unloaded) in a locked container that cannot be easily forced open. I found a lockable handgun case at Smyrna Adventure Outdoors for $25 (photo A). The case was heavy duty metal with a good security lock and a foam lining. The locked firearm case is then placed inside your checked bag/suitcase. 2). The ammo for the firearm can be transported in the same bag/suitcase as the firearm, not in the security lock box. It must be separate from the firearm. It can be in a wooden or fiber ammo case or in the original ammo box. I placed a box of ammo (still in the original box) inside the suitcase next to the locked security case containing the firearm. 3). When you arrive at Hartsfield you must check your bag/suitcase containing the firearm and ammo at the ticket counter. Simply tell the ticket agent that you are transporting an unloaded firearm and you need to sign a Declaration Form. The agent will hand you a Declaration Form to sign which is actually a small paper tag. The Declaration Form (photo B) states that you are verifying that the firearm in the suitcase is unloaded in accordance with Federal Regulations. You then place the tag inside the suitcase containing the firearm and ammo, surprisingly no other forms or paperwork are required (photo C). 4). The ticket agent will then send you to the TSA Oversize Office (not the security checkpoint) which is adjacent to the ticket counter for the suitcase to be checked by a TSA Inspector. In my case the TSA Inspector opened the suitcase, checked the Declaration Form, examined the locked box then placed the bag onto a conveyor belt directly to the aircraft. The Inspector did not open the locked box containing my firearm or even look at the ammo. The entire process took less than 5 minutes! That's all there was to it. We flew Southwest Airlines on the return flight from Denver and the procedure was the same. |
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Apparently you've never flown to San Francisco with a firearm then. The check in at Atlanta is pretty simple. However, when you go to get your checked firearm at your destination, i've found it's not with regular checked luggage and you have to go half way across the airport to acquire your firearm from a security check point. Of course no one tells you that in advance.
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It is not a pain in the ass ... Get a lockable case, unloaded firearm, box of ammo, lock Go to counter and tell you need to declare firearm ... It's EASY!! ETA: ammo can be locked in box with gun - have in original box if you can. |
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Apparently you've never flown to San Francisco with a firearm then. The check in at Atlanta is pretty simple. However, when you go to get your checked firearm at your destination, i've found it's not with regular checked luggage and you have to go half way across the airport to acquire your firearm from a security check point. Of course no one tells you that in advance. Quoted:
Apparently you've never flown to San Francisco with a firearm then. The check in at Atlanta is pretty simple. However, when you go to get your checked firearm at your destination, i've found it's not with regular checked luggage and you have to go half way across the airport to acquire your firearm from a security check point. Of course no one tells you that in advance. Quoted:
It is not a pain in the ass ... Get a lockable case, unloaded firearm, box of ammo, lock Go to counter and tell you need to declare firearm ... It's EASY!! ETA: ammo can be locked in box with gun - have in original box if you can. Nope haven't had the pleasure but was at a comparable communist state. Each state has their procedures and I saw it as a slight inconvenience but I really didn't mind as I had my firearm with me while visiting. |