Not to derail the thread, but this story adds to the ineptitude of TSA.

I work in the firearms industry and we had a big show last year where a lot of outdoor product manufacturers came in to show product. We do this twice a year so it is not out of the ordinary.

Well one of our firearm reps naturally carries a pistol most everywhere she goes. Well, she went to the airport that morning with her normal travel bag but she totally forgot that she had left her concealed carry pistol in there. She checked in and took her carry on travel bag with the pistol straight through TSA. No questions asked, no bag search, nothing. Well, she makes it to Montgomery and checks into her hotel to unpack, and there is her pistol.

She obviously freaked out that she hadn't been caught and shipped the gun back, but still, it just shows that the TSA is a joke