TSA Keeps Breaking Into Gun Cases (And Now My Accounts About This Involve Police Officers)

There needs to be fines to tsa when they cut locks. There needs to be consequences for improper procedure.

I mean, I used to work airport security (not in USA) and I handled a lot of firearm bags. This kind of nonsense is completely bizarre incompetence at all levels. It's not like this kind of thing doesn't usually happen pretty much every day with people on flights at any busy airport, how can the gate personnel, the ramp personnel and TSA be such complete idiots? Lack of accountability, that's what. Nobody gets reprimanded for this. They just screw around with you and nobody gets so much as any additional training to how to handle this BS in the future.

Concerning that TSA is so nonchalant about leaving unsecured firearms floating around the airport. They really seem to be driving airport security backwards.

My favorite TSA story is still when I used to fly armed as a LEO picking up a prisoner for extradition. There was a protocol to follow and it generally went off without too much trouble. Once as I picked up my boarding pass after going through the dog and pony show the clerk asked, as she handed me the pass, "Do you have any sharp objects on your person?" I asked, "What part about "peace officer flying armed" do you not understand?" She said, "Oh, I know. We have to ask." I said, "No ma'am. No sharp edges on this 10mm Colt."

All this could be cleared up by just having a TSA agent come physically pick the bag up when you check it in. Then having the TSA agent physically walk the bag to the loading bay and visually watching the bag be loaded onto the plane. It used to be that flying with a firearm almost always guaranteed your bag would never be lost, because they didn't put it in the automated system. Because there was a high fear of not knowing where a gun was at all times in an airport.

You are a saint for staying so calm when dealing with those clueless airport employees.

I just love how TSA is one of those godlike agencies that can do what they want with no accountability.

Thanks to The Patriot Act. Never let an emergency go to waste.

1 month ago in Pittsburg , I hand carried my firearm case to TSA so they could inspect it. The agent did an X-ray and visual inspection right in front of me and then brought the case over to me for lock installation. Imagine my surprise when my case arrived in Seattle with the locks removed. The locks were 12 hours old when installed and why does TSA need in again after they themselves have cleared the case? This is equivalent to setting up another metal detector at the airplane!

For future reference, in Orlando, the firearm case should go to oversized luggage which is one floor below the check in desks and the person who checked you in should walk you down there. There's a TSA guy and a window in the door for them to give you a thumbs up if you're good.

I use airtags to track where my bags are now. In the USA, every airport will have a few iphones that will let you know if your bags have gotten to the terminal or not. It gives you some piece of mind and you don't have to deal with airport staff to ask if your bag has cleared.

Does every criminal have a TSA key? Yes, every TSA criminal has a TSA key.

hey, this bag can't fly! it's supposed to be secured, and we just made it insecure!

I worked at air Canada for 20 years and guns are always special handling and never put on baggage belts. Tsa is the only one who cuts locks.

Making key retaining locks to force TSA to relock your bags is the smartest thing I’ve heard in a while. Just force them to be secure since they clearly can’t do it themselves

I was a Funeral Detail NCOIC in the Army. We had a major WTF once in Atlanta Airport. We had all our paperwork in order and we had orders and the weapons were listed in the orders by serial number. We had used the TSA locks so that the TSA can look in the case if needed too, as we were ordered to. The Rifle teams M-4's were supposed to be loaded into the aircraft but they disappeared between the check-in and the loading terminal. I had asked if the weapons were loaded and was told they were. Low and behold we got to the place where were were going, Michigan, to do the funeral for our fallen Brother, and 3 weapon cases were missing. 3 M-4's that belonged to the US Army were gone. It took me a while to find out that they got "misplaced" and were going to be on the next flight to our destination, which was the next day thankfully. One soldier and I had to wait in Detroit overnight and pick up the weapons and rent a second vehicle and drive the 3 hours to the where we had to be. It was stressful to say the least.

knowing the TSA, they'll lock the latches open and tape the case shut

I will always remember you as the guy that tried to help me unlock my sisters phone after she had a stroke. I will always appreciate the effort and the kindness

I always appreciate your travel content, I've had a bunch of non-firearms related travel weirdness in the past few months. in ATL they panicked because they saw un UNLOCKED Pelican AIR and thought it was firearms and sent it to TSA, took them an hour to figure out how to get in touch with me while I'm ripping my hair out trying to source replacement parts for what I thought was a lost case of critical parts. Definitely have to update "corporate policy" now lol

I'm glad you recorded this, because if you verbally told anybody this, they would think you're nuts, because nobody would think that a crew could be this uncoordinated