11-22-2020
06:09 PM
I agree with "spacecoastbill". I use to fly as an LEO and trained as well as the dynamics of a firearm discharged inside an aircraft. I'm also retired Air Force and flew. A discharged firearm, typically a 9 or 40, may put a hole in the window. No one is sucked out. The cabin pressure is compensated for. At 37,000 feet one time, my right cockpit window came close to being blown out and that could perhaps have sucked someone out,..but we always had our cockpit seatbelts on. Yes, people reference movies as factual. I hear it all the time.
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08-01-2020
05:30 PM
08-01-2020
05:30 PM
@spacecoastbill wrote: So what is the change? I didnt see any change on the website yet, and they still have the confusing suggestion that TSA locks are acceptable for gun cases. Obviously they conflict with the Federal Law that states ONLY the passenger can have the key or combo. We know that anyone who wants TSA keys can just make them, the plans are available on the internet thanks to the TSA making them available. I believe that Southwest's policy mirrors that of TSA. Transporting Firearms and Ammunition Firearms must be unloaded and locked in a hard-sided container and transported as checked baggage only. As defined by 49 CFR 1540.5 a loaded firearm has a live round of ammunition, or any component thereof, in the chamber or cylinder or in a magazine inserted in the firearm. Only the passenger should retain the key or combination to the lock unless TSA personnel request the key to open the firearm container to ensure compliance with TSA regulations. You may use any brand or type of lock to secure your firearm case, including TSA-recognized locks.
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